A farmer contorts to plant rice seedlings at a rice paddy in Bagac, Bataan to produce the staple food of the Filipinos. The farmgate price of palay has dropped to P8 per kilo in some parts of Central Luzon, which may force some farmers to stop planting rice.  Photo by Jonas Reyes for DAILY TRIBUNE
AGRICULTURE

Backbreaking labor, but is it worth it?

Jonas Reyes
A farmer contorts to plant rice seedlings at a rice paddy in Bagac, Bataan to produce the staple food of the Filipinos. The farmgate price of palay has dropped to P8 per kilo in some parts of Central Luzon, which may force some farmers to stop planting rice.
Farmers contort to plant rice seedlings at a rice paddy in Bagac, Bataan to produce the staple food of the Filipinos. The farmgate price of palay has dropped to P8 per kilo in some parts of Central Luzon, which may force some farmers to stop planting rice.