CATALINA DELA PEÑA

Catalina Dela Peña has been a farmer in Nueva Ecija for 24 years. Her husband and her 5 children assist her in the farming business.

Before the pandemic, flooding was their main cause of concern where it can damage their crops, thus hindering their progress during harvest season.

The pandemic provided more challenges as it caused the consumers of the farmers' products to lose their jobs, making them unable to afford the food they produce. In order to have a source of income, farmers resorted to decreasing the price of their products which hurts them in the long run