00:00For our farmers, planting is no longer a joke for the farmers of Davao del Sur.
00:13The calvary is doubled due to the lack of proper roads, rain or sunshine.
00:21All they need to do is to sell their products.
00:31Planting at the foot of Mount Apo in Davao del Sur is no longer a joke.
00:40Aside from the fact that the farmers are planting seeds in the afternoon,
00:46selling their crops,
00:56another calvary,
01:01which is located at a distance of 3 kilometers from the city,
01:12the situation is like this.
01:14The situation is like this.
01:29It's raining heavily.
01:36And whenever it rains, it's always flooded.
01:45The motorcycles where the farmers load their goods are almost destroyed.
01:53That's the hardest part.
01:55Loading the goods everyday while it rains, floods, and floods.
02:03Even their horses.
02:07They are giving away.
02:09They are ready to give away.
02:14They are giving away.
02:20That's how it is.
02:21The farmers are like gambling.
02:23I hope that our roads will be better so that it won't be difficult anymore.
02:27Until when will our countrymen be drowned in this kind of dirty road?
02:35The roads are bad.
02:37The roads are bad.
02:39The roads are bad.
02:45This Wednesday, our team went on a trip to plant vegetables in Purok Saturn,
02:52in Bungad Palang.
02:58It's getting harder because of the flood.
03:01It's also raining heavily.
03:05But it wasn't stopped by our team of farmers.
03:14This is not just a bag of vegetables.
03:18It's a kid's bag.
03:24There's a harvest that no one is carrying.
03:27I'm the only one carrying it.
03:28It's raining heavily.
03:29It's really hard.
03:31This motorcycle is just a sample.
03:44When they arrived at Toktok, it started to rain heavily.
03:50That's why they were stranded for almost two hours.
03:58When the rain stopped, they decided to go down.
04:01And just open the coverage for the sake of our team's safety.
04:07But it's not dangerous that it's harder to go down.
04:15A member of our team slipped.
04:25The next day, they were not given by the sun.
04:30In this plant of vegetables in Purok Saturn,
04:33they were able to reach the farmer Edgar.
04:36What he will earn if he manages to sell his vegetables,
04:40he will pay for the loan.
04:43I have more than 30 hectares of land.
04:45I have to pay for the loan.
04:47What's left of my land is just a little.
04:51Our farm is also happy.
04:52But we are not happy with what we are going through.
04:58Last year, Edgar lost money.
05:01When he was able to sell 8 to 11 pesos per kilo,
05:05he should be able to earn 35 pesos per kilo of cabbage.
05:09It's really hard to farm while the price is going down.
05:13We don't have money to spend.
05:15We also have to pay for the financing.
05:18He will also have to pay for the land he lost
05:23and for the daily expenses of his 8 children.
05:31The 6 cabbages, which are 110 kilos in total,
05:36he will plant in his backyard.
05:43It's really hard for Edgar.
05:46He also has hiccups.
05:50Sometimes, he has to go to the hospital
05:52after having a hiccup under a mountain.
05:58I'm the only one left.
05:59My friends are up there.
06:01I thought I wouldn't survive there.
06:06And his nightmare has already begun.
06:21Because of the weight of the load, Edgar lost his balance.
06:28This is where it falls.
06:30Because it's deep in there.
06:32Your load won't break, right?
06:35No, it won't.
06:36Because it's just close.
06:38If the load is too high, it will break.
06:43This is where it will rise.
06:54But even if he gives up, Edgar is still strong today
06:58because it didn't rain.
07:00That's the hardest part.
07:02Every day, the load is heavy.
07:05It rains, it falls, and it floods.
07:10He drove for almost an hour.
07:26It was already past 4 p.m.
07:28when Edgar arrived to harvest vegetables.
07:33Edgar is a farmer.
07:39I have two bags of cabbage.
07:41I'm looking for a buyer.
07:43It's getting late.
07:45The price is going down.
07:47I can sell this, but the price is going down.
07:51Edgar's two bags of cabbage
07:54are being bought by Rose for Php 2,105.
07:58I don't want to sell it.
08:00The planters are lucky today
08:02because their vegetables are expensive.
08:04But his income is still not enough.
08:07That's why he still has to go to the sidelines.
08:11For the past 6 years,
08:13I've been living with the thought
08:17that my family can't survive
08:20because of the flood.
08:23Floor, because she doesn't have time to plant carrots,
08:27goes to the sidelines
08:29where her husband is going to plant.
08:32I'm doing this for our family's extra income.
08:44But because of the flood,
08:46she has to go to the sidelines.
08:50But because she doesn't have time to plant,
08:53she has to ride her horse.
08:57It's only Php 99 per bag.
09:00It's Php 50 per bag.
09:03I don't have enough money.
09:18Floor is guiding her husband.
09:21Sometimes, the horse slides.
09:24It hits my foot.
09:26My foot hurts.
09:29In just one day,
09:31Floor made Php 4,000 to Php 6,000.
09:34It's okay.
09:35Even if it's hard,
09:37I can do it because it's hard.
09:40And what she earns here
09:42is from Php 100 to Php 300.
09:45Sometimes, it's not enough.
09:47Sometimes, it's just right.
09:49When it's not enough, I get hungry.
09:58I just put it here.
10:00I'll get it from the buyer.
10:02I'll pay him later.
10:06This is what she's adding to her husband's savings,
10:10Luciano,
10:11to pay for the loan they owe.
10:14Farmers are like gambling.
10:17Sometimes, the price of vegetables is low.
10:20Sometimes, it's high.
10:22We just want to save
10:24because our children are big.
10:26Our children need to go to school.
10:29We don't have a lot of income.
10:35That's why Floor is praying.
10:37I hope that we'll have a good life
10:40so that it won't be hard for us
10:43to work and sell our stocks.
10:51This is the Calvary of the Tigabansalan.
10:54We put them in their local government unit.
10:57There are plans to build a road
11:00but it's not easy,
11:02especially in their protected area.
11:05DNR and PAMBI
11:08are supportive of community-based livelihood
11:11and even farming activities
11:13for as long as they are within the multiple-use zone.
11:17Only in strict protection zones
11:19are developmental activities
11:21prohibited in the strict protection zone.
11:23If they want to propose farm-to-market roads,
11:26I think it's within the mandate of the DPWH
11:29and they can also ask for support
11:32from their barangay LGU.
11:34Right now, we are conducting a carrying capacity study
11:38to check what other developmental activities
11:41can be done within our protected area.
11:46The role of agriculture is very important in our country.
11:50In this case, if farmers really need a road
11:54to go to their areas,
11:56then there would be a very good chance
11:58for the proposals to be funded.
12:00There is a process of passing
12:02those under-protected areas.
12:04The DPWH will make sure
12:06that we will get the clearances
12:08needed to implement the project.
12:11Maybe some trees will be cut,
12:13but the DPWH will replace them
12:16through the DNR.
12:20What is the impact of the farm-to-market road?
12:28It's dangerous, not only for the physical difficulties
12:32in transporting their goods.
12:34Let's remember,
12:36many farmers are in the mountains.
12:38Two-thirds of our 30 million hectare land area
12:41is in the mountains.
12:43In the farm-to-market road,
12:45the current budget is P17 billion this year.
12:49Out of P5 trillion budget,
12:52that's a lot.
12:53No farmer, no food, no future.
12:56Our country has no future
12:58if the farmers are not given priority.
13:02The farm-to-market road is one of the most important
13:05components of their livelihood.
13:10The call for the implementation of the project
13:12will come from the farmer groups,
13:15cooperatives and associations,
13:17and local government units.
13:18The Department of Agriculture shall coordinate
13:21with the LGU residents and farmers
13:23in the implementation of the FMR projects.
13:26The Department of Agriculture 11 is open
13:28to provide appropriate and timely interventions
13:32like the FMR.
13:33More than the farm-to-market road,
13:35we also have our Kadiwa ng Pangulo
13:37or Kadiwa Market Outlet program
13:40just to connect our farmers directly to the market.
13:44For 2020-2024,
13:46the Department of Agriculture Davao Region
13:49has allocated P3.68 billion
13:53for the establishment of 215 farm-to-market roads.
13:59I am calling,
14:00that's what I want to be,
14:03to be a highway that we pass through.
14:05Because even the youth,
14:08it's really hard to walk,
14:09especially when it rains.
14:11I hope you can help us
14:13with the roads
14:16to reduce the expenses of our stocks.
14:21A good road,
14:22a big help for the farmers
14:26with a better price for their crops.
14:30I also hope that their products won't be damaged easily.
14:34I hope that in our story,
14:38in this Calvary of the Three Nations,
14:43Oh my God!
14:44they will pave the way
14:46for their farmers
14:48to listen and act.
14:51Take the road.
14:53Take the road,
14:54one man down.
14:55Get up!
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