Jovanie Carpio carries a crate of tomatoes in Kasibu, the Philippines. Photo: Xyza Cruz Bacani
Hunger and debt: hit by Covid-19, farmers in the Philippines hope their children follow a different path
- Covid-19 restrictions have disrupted the supply of vegetables, devastating the livelihood of farmers in the Philippines
- Some are migrants who lost their jobs overseas and returned home to become farmers, others are families who never left their land. Many fear hunger, while falling into debt
Jovanie Carpio carries a crate of tomatoes in Kasibu, the Philippines. Photo: Xyza Cruz Bacani