Farmers pin hope on task force vs. vegetable smuggling
VEGETABLE TRADING. Traders prepare to transport vegetables at a trading area in La Trinidad, Benguet on Dec. 5, 2021. Farmers and traders in Benguet said they are hopeful that the Senate-led anti-smuggling task force could solve the problem of smuggling of agricultural products in the country. (PNA file photo) LA TRINIDAD, Benguet - Vegetable farmers and traders in the province are hopeful that the Senate-led anti-vegetable smuggling task force will address the illegal entry of agricultural products into the country, a problem hounding the farming sector, especially in the Cordillera Administr...