LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Seeking to protect farmers, local legislators of this capital town are set on mandating the issuance of receipts in all transactions between vegetable traders and farmers.
Already passed on third and final reading before the Sangguniang Bayan (Municipal Council), the proposed ordinance would require all buyers and purchasers to issue delivery receipts and other documentary proof of their transaction with farmers.
Councilor Bartolome Baldas, Jr., the main proponent of the measure, wanted to address many incidents in which buyers and purchasers disappear without completely paying the farmers.
Under the measure, receipts will bear the names of the buyer and purchasers, their contact numbers and addresses, the produce they got and their corresponding prices to facilitate claims of payments, debts or even loans.
The La Trinidad Vegetable Trading Post and other markets support the move for the protection of farmers from scammers. — Artemio A. Dumlao
