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Farmer gives away thousands of kilos of tomatoes after El Nino affects crop

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Annie Perez

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<div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="3018888"></ivs-player></div><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17137506765881.jpg" style="width:300px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">A farmer in Cebu City is giving away 15,000 kilos of tomatoes after the El Nino phenomenon affected the size of the tomatoes.</span></div><p>Emelio Secretaria, who owns a farm in <span style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Barangay Sudlon Dos in Cebu City, said</span> the tomatoes that grew are too small and do not pass buyers&#x27; standards. The tomatoes, he said, are now like cherry tomatoes, but remain edible. </p><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17137506958122.jpg" style="width:300px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><div><span style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">&quot;Wala nami tubig ika-bisbis mao dili na kaayo ma-market (<span style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">We don’t have water to pour anymore, that’s why we cannot market it),” Secretaria said in a message to ABS-CBN News.</span></span></div><p><span style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Cebu City Councilor Jun Alcover, chairman for the committee on agriculture, </span>said the tomatoes were supposed to be for export <span style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">but could not grow due to the heat.</span></p><div><span style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17137507038493.jpg" style="width:300px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></span><br/></div><p><span style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Secretaria</span> has asked nearby residents and Alcover for help in disposing of the crop. He said he is losing over P300,000 as a result of the failed crop. </p><p>The farmer said he is not selling the tomatoes <span style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">since he will be losing more by hiring additional people to harvest and sell it.</span></p><p>The farm is open to those who want to come and pick the tomatoes themselves.</p><p>Alcover also took a few hundred kilos for distribution in Cebu City Hall.</p><p>The City Agriculture Department has been working double time to aid m<span style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">ore than 700 farmers affected by the El Niño phenomenon</span></p><p>State weather bureau PAGASA said Cebu’s heat index will continue to range from 37 to 39 degrees Celsius in the coming days.</p><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17137507158324.jpg" style="width:300px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div>

<p><i>A farmer in Cebu City is giving away 15,000 kilos of tomatoes after the El Nino phenomenon affected the size of the tomatoes.</i></p>

A farmer in Cebu City is giving away 15,000 kilos of tomatoes after the El Nino phenomenon affected the size of the tomatoes.