Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 9) — A group of farmers in the Bicol region is seeking support to save a small pineapple variety from rotting in the fields and help local farmers cut back on thousands of pesos’ worth of losses.
According to Social enterprise Rural Rising Philippines, almost 700 tons of Formosa pineapples are wasted every harvest season because buyers classify the smaller variety of the fruit as \”out\” and refuse to buy them.
“Super tamis (It’s very sweet), but in spite of that, [it] has no economic value. No one buys them except paisa-isa (one-by-one) by occasional picnickers, certainly not by big buyers,” Rural Rising co-founder Ace Estrada wrote on the group’s Facebook page.
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