Climate Change Is Real!

There may not be Fruit Festivals in many fruit-producing communities in Mindanao this year.
The other day, I dropped by a row of fruit stands in Makilala, Cotabato and noticed that there was not much fruits.
Climate Change is taking its toll on Mindanao’s fruit industry, especially in areas surrounding Mt. Apo.
My decades-old Longkong Lanzones Trees which in the past yielded truckloads of fruits had not yet gone into full flowering.
Fruit trees would be flush with flowers when the rains fall after a long hot summer.
Kailangan kasi ng mga fruit trees ng mahabang init para maramdaman nila na threatened ang kanilang survival.
At the first drop of rain, mamumulaklak sila to bear fruits as a natural process to ensure that they will reproduce.
This time, however, the rains have become unpredictable.
Pati mga puno nalilito na sa kanilang fruiting cycle dahil pabigla-bigla ang ulan.
Solusyon?
None that I know of up until today because nobody defies Mother Nature.
But I am sure that someday, science will find a way to correct this.
Until such time, hanggang panalangin na lang muna tayo.
#MotherNatureRules!