Farm Owner Let Half-Hectare of Bell Pepper to Get Rotten Due To Loss
Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte – A farm owner let half-hectare of bell peppers to get rotten due to the massive amount of loss.
About half-hectare of bell peppers was about to get spoiled after the owner suffered massive amount of loss due to the decreasing prices of the product. They let the crop to be consumed by animals in the area.
The farm owner said that the price of bell pepper dropped to P5 per kilogram only. The owner would experience a lot of losses if they would spend money to hire personnel for the harvest. The labor cost would be more expensive compared to their expected profit.
The landlord said that their loss reached P30, 000.
Bell pepper is a fruit in the Grossum cultivar group of the species Capsicum annuum. Cultivars. It has colors varying from red, yellow, orange, green, white, and purple. It is also known as ‘Sweet Peppers’ or Siling Pula.
Siling Pula or kampana is very popular not only in the Philippines but also in various countries all around the world. It is regularly used as condiments in Filipino and international cuisines.
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