00:00 The Agriculture Department is now helping the mango growers
00:04 who were forced to throw away the thousands of kilos of mangoes
00:08 that were not sold because of the oversupply.
00:11 This is what Clay Zalfar, DILYA, reported.
00:14 This is the real deal.
00:17 This is not a joke.
00:20 They're just throwing away the mangoes.
00:21 It's like tomatoes.
00:23 Because they're not being sold.
00:25 This mango was just thrown away in a vacant lot in Villa Magat, San Mateo, Isabela.
00:33 The mangoes are still growing. What a waste.
00:35 We're just throwing away the mangoes.
00:37 According to the uploader and the owner of the mangoes,
00:40 around 3,000 kilos of mangoes were thrown away
00:44 after being destroyed because of the oversupply.
00:47 We delivered it to the factory, ma'am, and then we received it.
00:50 Because of the oversupply, the mangoes fell off the truck.
01:00 It was rejected.
01:03 It was not sold.
01:06 It was exposed to the sun, to the sun,
01:09 and the food there might have gotten sick.
01:12 Frederick, the mango grower, is now in debt.
01:15 Even though he still has a place to live,
01:18 the price of mangoes has dropped to P5 to P7 per kilo.
01:22 That's less than half of the P15 that was earmarked for each kilo of mangoes.
01:28 It's a real loss, ma'am, because we still have to pay for labor.
01:35 It's time for the mangoes.
01:36 But the price of the traders, the middlemen, is not affordable.
01:43 They're still being sold.
01:45 The Department of Agriculture has agreed to help deliver 800 kilos of mangoes.
01:52 According to the DA, the mangoes were produced well
01:55 because the weather in El Nino is hot.
01:58 The harvest season is already peak.
02:00 That's why the price from P80 to P100 cannot be avoided.
02:05 The agency is already helping to find a buyer or to choose the mango growers.
02:10 We asked them to coordinate with the LGUs,
02:15 the Municipal and City Agricultural Union,
02:17 and the Regional Field Office offered us the trucks.
02:21 At the same time, the agency will provide machinery and training
02:24 to increase the price of mangoes.
02:26 This is Laisel Pardilia for Pambalsang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
