The Philippines Agriculture Disaster, Explained

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[@eddie9201]

Too much corruption and greed are the two main reasons why any agricultural project / improvement will fail.

[@JosephSolisAlcaydeAlberici]

The Philippine government discourages large-scale agricultural family-owned land ownership through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) where agricultural lands with more than five hectares need to be partitioned and redistributed to farmer-tenants who don't have the necessary educational attainment and skills to farm redistributed agricultural lands given by the government by themselves because small-scale family farming isn't a scalable business that commercial banks won't lend them money due to CARP's prohibition to make CARP lands collateral for bank loans, so as a result, CARP farmer beneficiaries just sold them to big-time real estate developers like the Villars.

[@patay168]

Land should be unconvertible. Agri land should always be agri.

[@JosephSolisAlcaydeAlberici]

@@patay168 not really, especially if it is located within a 5-km radius from the municipality or a 10-km radius from the city downtown.

[@johndorilag4129]

I thought the 5 hectare limit for owning farm lands is one of the stupidest ideas that they have in that country. Considering the economies of scale, it is hard to be productive and profitable if one is limited to less than 5 hectares considering the cost of fertilizer and labor.

[@TaLeng2023]

Skills can be learned, the problem is there's nowhere for them to get funding for machinery. To this day our farmers still dry rice on pavement.

[@TaLeng2023]

Skills can be learned, the problem is there's nowhere for them to get funding for machinery. To this day our farmers still dry rice on pavement.

[@techinker]

The government has failed the farmers by making farming a none profitable industry. Unless you own hectares upon hectares of land. That's the policy i guess so that wealthy individuals can buy farm lands and convert them into subdivisions.

[@vamoua4036]

That’s the flaw of Democracy and Capitalism.

[@avertactivity964]

True, but a nation that is predominantly an importer of food is vulnerable in many ways, supply chain fragility being a recent example. Those onion prices were crazy, people were smuggling them into the country!

[@chrysllerryu4171]

they rather give money to buy food from other country instead of teaching them to produce their own. most farms are turned into subdivisions, instead of building up, they building wide. hence the space for agriculture diminish

[@joebloe4374]

Or malls !

[@mrscorp2011]

Service export? Volatile yan. Again promises noong eleksyon. Kung underperformance ang agri sektor tukoyin nyo na mga dahilan. - NIA patubig underperforming agency. - Farm to market should be continous hindi yong okay pa yong daan tapos bakbakin din lang. - Long term plan for agriculture hindi yong mga band aid solusyon tulad ng ayuda na dapat ipagpatuloy ng susunod na admin. Kung may food security tayo kahit papaano makakaiwas tayo sa gutom kapag nagkagiyera sa South China sea. -

[@JLCruise1]

The Philippines likes to give Filipinos fish, but not teach them how to fish. Now look at where we are now

[@johnlee-vh4mo]

Lol your analogy doesn’t apply with the farmers and the farmers problem. The farmers - farm and cultivate their land, and they are not beggars. Please think carefully before acting like you know it all.

[@brokengamer7737]

the fact this comment got likes just shows how stupid people here are and is only "hating" everything about the country because its cool instead of identifying problems and solutions

[@cottagegymfun]

@@johnlee-vh4mo Well then, why does the PH need to import so much rice if it can produce it itself? What is the root problem in your infinite knowledge?

[@Nkkjlkljiiiojiuyhhbc]

Philippines can produce its own rice but logistic/transportation and natural disaster are limiting the Philippines potential vs Vietnam who have Philippines as its shield in typhoons.​@@cottagegymfun

[@JLCruise1]

@@johnlee-vh4mo I’m not saying they are beggars. What I’m saying is the government just gave them lands and didn’t teach them technologies on how to get more yields and better ways of farming. Our farmers still farms the traditional way. What PBBM suggested before was make a cooperative of farmers so the can rent mechanized tools and take advantage of the economy of scale.

[@user-zo8xr9sf6x]

If one hundred million Filipinos has a mindset of Japanese and Chinese, it can do both as an agricultural hub and a service and industrial manufacturing hub.

[@cottagegymfun]

can you be a little more clear on how to get there?

[@lktan224]

Filipino mindset is empty.

[@Yk-if3ev]

Because The Philippines has hardline analytic economists and elitists in the government. It must be a policy, regardless of who is sitting in Malacanang to support the agricultural sector. Whether the effort is at a lost or not, consistent and continuous support to agriculture is a necessity. Why? Because it produces positive externalities (people, less import and peace and security) vis-a-vis dead weight from subsidies. Common sense right? However, analytic economists, especially graduates from the Top 3 universities are often neglectful of this fact. They prefer sound mathematics than social realities. Duh.

[@ekfbskfhdbjsjs]

I ain't reading allat 😭🙏

[@abrahamdsl]

doubt - while these "analytic economists" you have derision about are there spouting their shits, the ultimate decision makers are still those being elected (or in case of #marcosMAGNANAKAW and usurpers of power - should not have lasted beyond 1972). And who elects these POS-es in the first place?

[@AT-rs9jz]

Well it's not a surprise. As Agriculturist. No postharvest facilities every municipality No proper storage facilities No processing for almost over ripe products education for Agriculture isn't even a thing cause of job scarcity Filipinos prefer to be a nurse then go abroad.

[@cabatuorsuville118]

The main issue is basically supply and demand with ever growing population added to the equation is profit and corruption Nevertheless , what is needed is Industrialize farming- processing and manufacturing to provide surplus for food security and exports . The old traditional family farming is obsolete . Agricultural lands must be preserve and protected . PBBM - mabuhay

[@arnowisp6244]

Not according to Studies Showing that Most of the world is Fed by Small Scale Farmers. Turns out most of the Food that feeds the world isn't Big Industrialist Farms but Small Scale Farms. Studies Arguing Farm Families are Obsolete tend to be funded by Conflicting interest. Pushing out Family Farms instead of Supporting them and instead thinking Creating an Oligarchy of Industrial Farms, concentrating our food in the hands of the few, is just trading one problem for a Future Problem that might be even more difficult to deal with.

[@abrahamdsl]

@@arnowisp6244 /Most of the world is Fed by Small Scale Farmers. / Oh yes they are - but then, is that small scale farming affording them a sustained decent living?

[@c0smicbyte]

Food security is an important component of national security. While it is important to focus on developing human resources to support the manufacture of high-value products, the country's agriculture should continue to become more efficient. The country's food production should withstand a naval blockade or the impact of other calamities. Both should advance forward together, not sacrificing one for the other.

[@_valor]

This. Intuitively, a country should have a baseline capacity to produce its own food. The BPO industry is just as susceptible to market fluctuations and geopolitical risks as an agri export industry would be, since BPOs also rely on demand from foreign countries to sustain themselves. So developing the BPO industry while neglecting the agri industry feels very risky. We don't need to become an agricultural hub naman, we just need to be able to produce the bare minimum to sustain most of our population if importing becomes difficult (rice, fish or meat, and local veg).

[@bongharri]

Administration after administration have said that Agriculture sector is their priority but until now we are still importing rice just to mitigate the market price of the prime commodity, RICE. Decades ago we are the center of technology when it comes to rice in ASEAN countries (IRRI of UPLB). But due to lack of foresight of the political leadership they tend to go back to importing rice when push comes to shove instead developing and strenghtening our Agri sector. Year after year the solution to a rice crisis (if not the supply it's the price), economic managers would tend to fix the problem by simply importing more to the detriment of the local producers. I remember Sec Manny Piñol. He resigned as Agri Sec because of this Rice Tariff Law. In the present Admin I thought they would focus on the agri sector, in-fact the President is the con-current Agri Sec for several months. But look where are we now? Revising the Rice Tariff Law to lower the rice tariff further. Kung ganito palagi ang gobierno natin, comes a time magugutom tayo dahil walang sapat na aanihing bigas taon-taon.

[@Anti-CornLawLeague]

Tax land values, Henry George-style.

[@natsumidesu8019]

100% Government owned operation GREEN HOUSE system to avoid crop disasters during the moonson season,use the homeless human resourses to achieve success

[@dingarias6004]

Tks for the FACTS

[@TheMythical-ud8ob]

seriously wala na talagang saysay na tumira pa dito sa Pilipinas, dahil sobrang nakakahiya at nakakasuka na tumira sa Pinas... dati Pilipinas ang Pinaka maunlad at Pinaka maganda sa Southeast asia, pero ngayon pilipinas na ang pinaka huli, Tapos pati ang Cambodia na muntik nang maubos ang lahi noong 1980's dahil sa Pang aapi ng mga Khmer Rouge, ay natalo pa ang Pilipinas sa Infrastructures at Pagandahan ng Cities, at mauungusan pa ang Pilipinas sa Economy after few years, kaya wala nang saysay na tumira pa dito sa Pilipinas, kaya ako mag ma migrate na ako sa ibang bansa at hinding hinde nako babalik sa Pilipinas, kahit bisita o Bakasyon hinde.... at magpapalit na rin ako ng name of nationality.

[@jieeyoh8804]

Then get out

[@aleksandr678]

​@remmond3769Pride? Where's the pride? You can get out too.

[@gregmasters8558]

​@@aleksandr678every one should leave and watch that country rot.

[@arnowisp6244]

I suggest not to. The world outside the Philippines is going to shit. Lots of Polycrisis, high chance of Political Upheaval. Even what used to be Stable Western Countries have been self Sabotage by there own Mass Immigration Policies. Believe me. You think Philippines is Bad? Watching Other Countries slowly decay around you makes you happy to be in the Philippines.

[@acoustic296]

True. Philippines is already a failed nation since the creation of it.

[@musheeTV]

Because control by mafia price fertilizers high but when harvest time they the price of the produces

[@melvinstarita]

It's strange but the future of Philippine agriculture is not just land distribution. It was enough decades ago but the present global dynamics are different. Today mechanization is key. Scale is the way to go. Application of science and technology is paramount. Of course, agriculture is closely connected to logistics snd financing support and the government must provide this. We should help our farmers stand on their feet by planting only high value crops and the rest, for agro- industrial corporations, planting in scale. The right approach should be implementing agro-industrial mechanisms such as scale, capitsl, machineries science and technology to make the Philippines an agriculture powerhouse. Excellent countries who are implementing the same way are Australia, America, China, Germany and Russia. It would be good to point out that Japan has very advanced science and technology in farming yet they still import. A good partnership can be created with Japan, America, Australia or even China to do this. To rely on import short-term is wise but out of the question long-term. What we can do today is resort to smart importation but at the same time improve the whole supply - chain over time. It's also a necessity for the government to allow 100% foreign ownership in agriculture. I would give you my argument how this is. A big agri-corporation can bring in their capital, machineries, robotics, science and technology into the sector. This would be an excellent deal for them , too. Why? It's obvious there's a domestic demand for their agriculture produce making their investment profitable and can always export the rest. It's a win-win. Inspite of the mechanization, labor would still be needed in the farms and in the offices. This will liven up our transportation from trucking to shipping. We can never change our old and lehargic agriculture system by a small tweaking here and there. We need a bold and dramatic plan. That's why economic chacha is crucial. Sometimes, even the foreign investors cannot see what they want until we make make them see our vision in agriculture. This we must do.

[@arnowisp6244]

China is not self Sufficient. They are a Net importer of Food.

[@arnowisp6244]

I don't know about Bringing Industrial Corporations into the Picture. Observing how the Industrial Agricultural Corporations have operated in Outside Countries does not create Confidence. Use of Genetic Engineering not to make Better Seeds but to Build Monopolies like GMOs resistant only to a Herbicide those same Companies sell while also creating Terminator Technology that genetically engineers plants to produce sterile seeds at harvest. This was developed by the multinational seed/agrochemical industry and the US government to prevent farmers from re-planting harvested seed and force farmers to buy seed each season instead. In short complete Dependence. If we cannot import those Seeds because reasons like...war than we are really screwed.

[@melvinstarita]

@@arnowisp6244 all this comes down to science vs fear. In general, countries want to strategize their achievements in agriculture to stay in - house. It's a big deal if we get them to invest in our country. My argument runs on the legs of us being technology - behind. A foreign food corporation will bring in their expertise, capital, science and technology to our country,which we sorely lack. Imagine them investing in tens of billions of dollars, saving the Philippine government money. Advanced technologies in farming are the following countries: Japan Israel Russia America Germany Australia China New Zealand If these countries get to invest in Philippines agriculture our dream of making the Philippines an agriculture powerhouse is not farfetched. Why? We have fertile land, cheap labor and the hunger to win.

[@abrahamdsl]

@0:49 notice how no one (perhaps except me? ;) ) is suggesting to fcking trace all [the genesis of] landholdings , put them in an easily accessible database for the public scrutiny. For example, how and quo warranto (by which authority ? [then, and should that continue to the present?] ) did the Hacienda de San pedro de macati of them Ayalas came to be? We need to have the [both] Korea's and Singapore-style of land reform implemented here IMHO. ;)

[@StanleyOlivar]

Are we still surprised???

[@weikun24]

only agriculture? political? identity? financial? military? mental? security? safety? drugs?

[@user-ib9zp9jp6o]

Bulacan, Laguna, Cavite, Bulacan, ones a agricultural land best n rice production but now turn to subdivisions...

[@AIomelayu]

They still using the name the western give it to them-Philipines (People of KIng Philips 2 from Spain)

[@randyinigo2011]

Villar - Chairman Senate Committee on Food Security, he he he.

[@user-ib9zp9jp6o]

Why you emited d 1965 to 1980,land distribution and d creation department of Agrarian reform of Marcos senior

[@vamoua4036]

Their agriculture is so backward resembling that of Laos and Thailand.

[@onlinespecialpo8171]

Philippines is very concern of their bomber fishermen. don't piss them off or they will start a war🤮

[@georgelopera6290]

I'm afraid because I saw the future, almost half of the population of the world dies of hunger.

[@dudebakod113]

Pres.marcos has 4 yrs. More, ang gulo ng Pinas, ang hirap ng buhay, ang mahirap masnaghihirap. Sana remaining yrs. may magawa cya para sa mga pilipinong naghihirap.

[@bongharri]

That is not his priority I guess. Giyera ang gusto nya with China.

[@josepanicucci8591]

PH is heaven on earth for rich Filipinos only & not for foreigners to invest & settle foreigners in PH can't own properties full business ownership have very limited rights & many are deported foreigners can be naturalized PH citizens if born & raised in PH like the main shareholder of BPI & owner of malls the prominent Spanish Ayala family which is not the case of newcomers

[@user-ox3ti2iq1x]

Poor foreigners can't own hectares of land in prime real estate, and can't buy meralco😢😢😢 foreigners must be supported by the government so that they can live happily 😢

[@josepanicucci8591]

​@@user-ox3ti2iq1x Even rich foreigners are not allowed to own even small portions of lands in PH for facts I've stated PH is not for foreigners to invest & settle

[@arnowisp6244]

Ah yes. Asking for Foreign ownership while we are currently dealing with the Chinese POGOs and right now a discovery of Military gear in one of Our POGOs. Did you know? Western World is currently dealing with Chinese slowly but surely buying up properties in their Countries.

[@josepanicucci8591]

​​@@user-ox3ti2iq1x Whether rich or poor foreigners can't even own small portions of lands in PH

[@gibsonbrillantes316]

Yes, forget agriculture and yes to modernized services, got u copy that author.

[@narutos138]

Mga haters dito at nega propaganda nalilito kung anonba talaga ,yung isa gutom daw ang pinas dahil mahina agrikultura,tapos yung isa namn puno na daw ng subdivision kasi ,foga yan !payaman pala 😂

[@resurrecciongabriel1325]

Bbm he dont cate about the pilipinos farmers smugglers priority of president

[@carlosvv5594]

This admin poured hundreds of millions in “ayuda” instead providing more infra projects that will last many generation just like what his dad did in his time 😂😂😂

[@gregmasters8558]

This bbm guy is nothing like his father. His father was actually making moves.

[@ElizabethJobe]

Lies lies lies

[@user-vk2tf4yw7c]

No hope for the Philippines….. China 🇨🇳 has our food basket 50 years from now the Philippines 🇵🇭 will become as province or vassal state 😂😂😂

[@TheMythical-ud8ob]

seriously wala na talagang saysay na tumira pa dito sa Pilipinas, dahil sobrang nakakahiya at nakakasuka na tumira sa Pinas... dati Pilipinas ang Pinaka maunlad at Pinaka maganda sa Southeast asia, pero ngayon pilipinas na ang pinaka huli, Tapos pati ang Cambodia na muntik nang maubos ang lahi noong 1980's dahil sa Pang aapi ng mga Khmer Rouge, ay natalo pa ang Pilipinas sa Infrastructures at Pagandahan ng Cities, at mauungusan pa ang Pilipinas sa Economy after few years, kaya wala nang saysay na tumira pa dito sa Pilipinas, kaya ako mag ma migrate na ako sa ibang bansa at hinding hinde nako babalik sa Pilipinas, kahit bisita o Bakasyon hinde.... at baka magpapalit na rin ako ng name of nationality.

[@aleksandr678]

Go ahead. I hope your wishes will be granted.

[@narutos138]

😂andito na Naman to minalas sa pinas ☝️😂