Vegetable prices spike; tomatoes at P170 a kilo
Bella Cariaso – The Philippine Star
August 26, 2023 | 9:45am
A market vendor arranges assorted vegetables at a market stall in Baguio City on April 24, 2023.
STAR / Andy Zapata Jr.
MANILA, Philippines — Retail prices of vegetables continue to increase a month after the devastation from Super Typhoon Egay and enhanced monsoon rains in many areas in the country.
Tomato prices have reached as high as P170 per kilo after a slump in prices in April due to oversupply, when costs went down to as low as P3 per kilo.
Based on the monitoring of the Department of Agriculture (DA),
