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Ompong impacts vegetable supplies, recovery could take weeks: Lopez

Ompong impacts vegetable supplies, recovery could take weeks: Lopez

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Locals buy vegetables at a local market in Cagayan a day after Typhoon Ompong made landfall. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News

MANILA – It could take weeks or months for the vegetable supply in the country to recover from the onslaught of Typhoon Ompong (Mangkhut), trade secretary Ramon Lopez said Monday.

Although prices of chicken and meat were stable, prices of some lowland vegetables have already increased due to the scarcity of supply, Lopez told DZMM.

“Kung nag-uulan marami talagang nasisira. Ibig sabihin nagkakaroon din ng wastage. Kunwari naani mo na, hindi nadeliver,” Lopez said.

“It can be weeks or months, hindi natin masigurado kung kailan sila makarecover sa supply pero marami pa naman ibang area. Mahirap po talaga ang agriculture kasi naka depende sa production,” he said.

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This is a good opportunity for farmers from places unaffected by Ompong to supply more produce, Lopez said.

Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol earlier said damage from Ompong in rice and corn crops alone could amount to billions of pesos.

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