High fuel costs forcing Philippine farmers to abandon harvests

BENGUET, Philippines — Filipino farmers like Romeo Wagayan have been left with little choice but to let their vegetables rot in the field rather than sell them a loss, as rising oil prices linked to the conflict in the Middle East drive up the cost of harvesting, labor and transport. “There’s nothing we can do,” said Wagayan, a […] The post High fuel costs forcing Philippine farmers to abandon harvests appeared first on Interaksyon.