The Department of Agriculture last week inspected one of two vegetable trading posts in this province to determine why carrots, cauliflower, lettuce, cabbages and broccoli become “too expensive” when sold in Metro Manila. /PDI
The DA wanted to examine “the whole trading system and the whole marketing system” from the farms to BAPTC and the La Trinidad Vegetable Trading Post, and finally when produce has been transferred to major dealers in Luzon and the small-scale Manila retailers, Estoperez said.
Cordillera terrain proved to be a huge contributor to crop wastage, said Daisy Tañafranca, a retired DOST official who used to oversee the Packaging Technology Division. Vegetable truckers “pack every available space” with crops, she said, which bruise each time the vehicle ascends or descends 45-degree mountain slopes.
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