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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Tomatoes, bananas, eggplants, string beans, and other staple vegetables grown in mountain barangays here have suffered heavy damage from prolonged dry conditions. This threatens to trigger price spikes and tighter supply in city markets in the coming months. A partial drought assessment from the Office of the Cebu City Agriculturist showed that extreme heat and limited water supply had already damaged at least 233.57 hectares of farmland and affected 663 farmers across 19 barangays as of May 13. READ: City reviving artesian wells as dry season harms farms The report paints a worsening picture for the […]... Keep on reading: Cebu City upland drought: Tomatoes, bananas, local vegetables hardest hit
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