Manila, July 11 -- The provincial government of Benguet is looking at the possibility of reviving tramlines used by farmers in the past to ease the burden of transporting vegetables from mountain farms to the nearest roads.

Provincial Agriculturist Delinia Juan said in an interview on Friday that with the help of the Department of Agriculture, they started validation in various areas where the tramlines will be re-established.

Juan said that Governor Melchor Diclas has expressed support for the tramline revival as he recognized its role in addressing the long-standing challenge of manually hauling vegetable harvests.

"Tramlines also address the hours of manually hauling, reducing the time of bringing the highly perishable vegetables to...