Benguet veggie glut spurs rescue buy

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — A rescue-buy initiative in Atok town, Benguet, has helped 146 farmers sell nearly 80,000 kilos of vegetables amid a prolonged price crash, while advancing calls for fair farm-gate prices and long-term reforms in the highland vegetable industry.

Project UBBO, or Unified Buying and Bayanihan Operations for Atok vegetables, facilitated the sale ...