Filipino farmers like Romeo Wagayan have been left with little choice but to let their vegetables rot in the field rather than sell them at a loss, as rising oil prices linked to the conflict in the Middle East drive up the cost of harvesting, labour and transport.
“There’s nothing we can do,” said Wagayan, a 57-year-old vegetable farmer in the northern Philippine province of Benguet.
“If we harvest it, our losses only increase because of labour, transportation and packing costs. We don’t…
Filipino farmers leave crops to rot as fuel prices drive up cost of harvest
