Imindeni eminingi yasePhilippines ithinteke kakhulu ngenxa yenkinga yezempilo ye-COVID-19. Umndeni wakwaPagkaliwagan waseLucena City, esifundazweni saseQuezon uyasazi lesi simo. Ngenkathi ubhubhane luqala ukuthikameza indlela ababeziphilisa ngayo, uJaquilyn Pagkaliwagan, 33, owayeyi-OFW eTaiwan, kanye nomyeni wakhe uRonniel Pagkaliwagan, 32, osebenza njengabasebenzi bosizo lwezobuchwepheshe efektri, kudingeke ukuthi bathole omunye umthombo wemali ukuze baziphilise.
Ngokubona amathuba kanye nemakethe yemifino engaba khona, lo mbhangqwana wanquma ukungena ekulimeni kwe-hydroponics ngoMashi 2020.
Kube yiphupho ku-Jaquilyn no-Ronniel ukwakha indlu ebamba ukushisa egcekeni labo ukuze kukhiqizwe ukudla, kodwa muva nje lapho begcine beguqule lowo mbono ube ngokoqobo. I-greenhouse yabo ilinganiselwa ku-60 ft ubude, 21 ft ububanzi, nesishiyagalolunye ft ukuphakama. Babiza ipulazi labo ngokuthi i-Nawawalang Bukid (ipulazi elilahlekile) ngoba ngaphandle nje kokuba kude nenkaba yedolobha, amakhasimende abo amaningi avame ukulahleka lapho evakashele indawo ebamba ukushisa.
Isivuno esikhulu sikaNawawalang Bukid ulethisi. Izinhlobo ze-lettuce ezikhiqizwa ipulazi zihlanganisa i-lollo bionda (eluhlaza) kanye ne-lollo rosa (iqabunga elibomvu), i-Red Rapid, i-frillice (izinhlobonhlobo ezixutshwe ne-iceberg ne-curly endive lettuce), i-batavia noma i-summer crisp, nezinhlobo zamaRomane ezifana ne-Tyrol romaine. UJaquilyn uthe amakhasimende asebenzisa kakhulu uhlobo lwe-lollo bionda ngenxa yokwakheka kwayo okuqinile.
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