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Correspondence Reports:
Banana prices raised in Central Mindanao
Farmers of Central Mindanao successfully raised the price of banana from P5-8 to P6-9 per kilo. Farmers from Misamis Oriental were able to achieve this last year through their unified action and confrontations with merchant-usurers in the area.
Starting with only one town in northeast Misamis Oriental, the campaign expanded to five towns. Due to the correctness of their calls, the farmers were able to draw the support of professionals, the local government, officials from the Department of Agriculture and even the chief of the Philippine National Police.
They also gained the support of some "buyers" and owners of banana warehouses in the barrios due to their sustained and broad campaign. They maximized the use of radio and other media to reach areas not covered by their organization.
More than 200 peasants joined the confrontation with four big merchant-usurers. They did not immediately achieve the desired one peso price increase. One merchant-usurer adamantly refused to accede to their demands while some did not give categorical answers to the demands.
But because the peasants were resolute, they decided not to sell their produce until the merchant-usurers increased the price. As a result, the merchant-usurers were forced to increase prices. The campaign took more than a month.
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 07 April 2003
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