00:00 Prices of vegetables in the market have increased according to the price monitoring of the Department of Agriculture.
00:06 The change in weather and seasons affect the supply and prices of agricultural products according to the DA.
00:13 More and more consumers are switching to Kadiwa stores for low-cost produce and food items.
00:18 More of this story from Clayzel Pardilia.
00:21 Yoli follows a standard recipe, ingredients, measurements and all in her cafeteria.
00:29 She neither changes the ingredients nor the amount of home-made she puts in.
00:34 That is why her profit is adversely affected whenever the prices of veggies or any agricultural products increased.
00:42 The income is low.
00:44 It's expensive.
00:46 We buy vegetables.
00:48 We just wait for the prices to go down.
00:50 That's when we'll get our money back.
00:51 At the Project 3 market, prices of vegetables doubled.
00:55 We used to sell carrots for P18,000.
01:00 Now, it's P200,000.
01:02 We used to sell cabbage for P60,000.
01:05 Now, it's P130,000.
01:08 Potatoes, P18,000. Now, it's P120,000.
01:13 That's because there's no one planting vegetables in Baguio.
01:18 According to the price monitoring of the Department of Agriculture, costs of highland vegetables spiked by P60 a kilo.
01:26 Prices of lowland vegetables, usually used for Filipino veggies too, and certified sords by P5 to P20.
01:34 Jen, who has a tight budget, did not bother asking for a discount.
01:39 What did you ask for, ma'am?
01:41 Discount.
01:42 Why, ma'am? How much is the discount nowadays?
01:45 Of course, it's higher than what we bought, ma'am.
01:47 How much should you pay?
01:49 P170,000.
01:51 The one that she paid is P140,000.
01:54 Some retailers advised...
01:56 It's higher now, so they should lower it so that they can buy everything.
02:01 To maximize her budget, Vina went to Zacadiwa Store Central Office.
02:05 She expected a 50% discount on farm-to-market agri-products on sale.
02:11 However...
02:12 Is the price of carrots high?
02:14 Maybe, ma'am, they're not in season and it's raining.
02:17 How much was it before?
02:19 Sometimes, when we sell, it's only P80,000.
02:23 Now?
02:24 The small ones are P120,000 and the big ones are P180,000.
02:29 The Agriculture Department explained how the weather and seasons affect the supply and prices of agricultural products.
02:37 The price fluctuates in the trading post and the volume of goods that are brought to Metro Manila.
02:46 We have other commodities that are in season when it rains and there's only a little harvest.
02:53 But if there's a price adjustment, the DA clarified...
02:57 Comfortably, the price movements should be P10.
03:02 Logistics, too. If there's a logistical challenge, any price movement that's P40, we look at the cost of alarm.
03:14 We are trying to see if we can have more volume of those products that we'll sell in Cadiwa.
03:21 To ensure prices of goods and other food items remain stable in Cadiwa stores...
03:27 and guarantee for family beneficiaries under the Food Stamp Program will not be affected by price increases, the DA assured...
03:35 Our part is to make sure that we have more production of commodities.
03:41 If a certain commodity's price increases because it's not harvest season, then we can replace it with another vegetable that has a similar nutritional value.
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