TAGGED as the “Munggo Capital of the Philippines,” San Mateo in Isabela is where farmers plant the mungbean after harvesting rice.

San Mateo Mayor Gregorio Pua explained that during summer time many rice farms in Isabela are idle while waiting for the irrigation water to come but, the cultivators in his town are busy harvesting their mungbean from their lands.

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