MANILA: A glut of 2 million mangoes vulnerable to climate change …
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A glut of 2 million mangoes exposes the Philippines’ vulnerability to climate change and lack of govt planning
An unusually long dry spell this year led to a surplus of some two million mangoes in the Philippines, causing prices to collapse in certain parts of the country and revealing how the farming infrastructure is woefully ill-prepared for the turmoils stirred up by a rapidly changing, unpredictable climate.
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2 of 5- The water level at La Mesa Dam, the main water source for metropolitan Manila, is near a critical point.PHOTO: CRISTINA MENINA FOR THE STRAITS TIMES
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It was a bumper harvest that had consumers snapping up baskets-full of the fruit in state-organised “mango festivals”, but burying farmers deeper in debt.
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TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/curse-of-a-bumper-harvest
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4 of 5 – Sliced green mango with shrimp paste is a popular street food in the Philippines. Mangoes may be well-loved in the country but a glut is giving farmers and the government a bout of indigestion.PHOTO: MIGRATIONOLOGY.COM
Raul Dancel Philippines Correspondent In Manila
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5 of 5 – A mango farm in Ilocos Norte, six hours north of Manila, one of the provinces hit by the mango glut.PHOTO: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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