The Philippines is struggling under the weight of a sweet but troublesome burden: a glut mangos.
One the Philippine island of Luzon alone there is a surplus of about 2 million kg of mangoes, an oversupply that has led the price to drop from 58 pesos (88p) to as low as 25 pesos (38p) per kilogram.
Some farmers in Luzon, where the oversupply is concentrated, have taken to giving away their mangos free, hanging the fruit outside the gates of their farms.
The agriculture secretary, Emmanuel Piñol, stressed the urgency of dealing with the glut before the fruit went to waste and sent the price of mangos crashing further, hurting farmers. “We need to do something about this in the next two weeks.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/10/philippines-overflows-with-millions-of-mangoes-as-el-nino-take-effect
One the Philippine island of Luzon alone there is a surplus of about 2 million kg of mangoes, an oversupply that has led the price to drop from 58 pesos (88p) to as low as 25 pesos (38p) per kilogram.
Some farmers in Luzon, where the oversupply is concentrated, have taken to giving away their mangos free, hanging the fruit outside the gates of their farms.
The agriculture secretary, Emmanuel Piñol, stressed the urgency of dealing with the glut before the fruit went to waste and sent the price of mangos crashing further, hurting farmers. “We need to do something about this in the next two weeks.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/10/philippines-overflows-with-millions-of-mangoes-as-el-nino-take-effect
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