Farmers are dying in the Philippines.
In other countries, Farmers are very rich, because their government prioritize them and supports them. Unlike the situation of our farmers today here in the Philippines
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Lack of Government Assistance
This is so common with us, we are an Agricultural Country so why does the government do not prioritize our Agricultural sector, where our poor farmers belongs. Instead they make our farmers even poorer, specially with the implementation of Rice Tariffication Law. To add, the Agricultural Sector of the country receives the smallest portion of the national budget.
As a result, Agriculture is dying in our country. Agricultural lands are turned into industrialized areas. The government was not able to enrich the Agricultural Sector of our country. Our local farmers are dying. We are once the leading country in Agriculture but over the years other countries are now better than us, way much better.
Indeed, the Villar-led Rice Tariffication Law is the latest culprit that exacerbates the farmers' socio-economic malaise. It should then be exposed and be lobbied to be repealed immediately. On a macro-level, we also have to look into the unabated liberalization policies of the current and previous administration. Hystorically, these anti-poor liberalization policies are the ones that systematically pulled down the socio-economic status of majority of the Filipino citizenry; pro-foreign capitalist policies that are rooted in the Philippine gov'ts blind obeisance in the implementation of the pro-foreign capitalist and anti-poor export oriented and import dependent type of economy.
ReplyDeleteTama po kayo... Hindi kailangan ng magsasaka ang pautang na puhunan dahil di niya kaya itong bayaran kung ang presyo ng palay ay P10-P12 lang per kilo dahil lugi lalabas an nila... Ang solusyon lang ay ibaba presyo ng inputs o pataas in presyo ng palay...
DeleteIndeed, the Villar-led Rice Tariffication Law is the latest culprit that exacerbates the farmers' socio-economic malaise. It should then be exposed and be lobbied to be repealed immediately. On a macro-level, we also have to look into the unabated liberalization policies of the current and previous administration. Hystorically, these anti-poor liberalization policies are the ones that systematically pulled down the socio-economic status of majority of the Filipino citizenry; pro-foreign capitalist policies that are rooted in the Philippine gov'ts blind obeisance in the implementation of the pro-foreign capitalist and anti-poor export oriented and import dependent type of economy.
ReplyDeleteInstead of promoting rice suffciency this rice tariffication law clearly have beaten the farmers for them to sell their land and find another source of living. Nakakalungkot kasi TRAIN law should be repealed instead of creating laws that creates another problem.
DeleteAng mangyayari pagnawala ang magsasaka, walang mabibiling pagkain kahit may pera kaya gutom ang tao. Hindi lang mahihirap pati na ang may pera walang makain!!9
ReplyDeleteang kailangan po naming magsasaka ay suporta,hindi po yuong konting halaga ng pautang,dapat bigyan pansin ang presyo ng palay,samantalang sa merkado ay napaka mahal ng bigas 52 samantalang binibili lamang sa amin ng mga traders ng 15/klo ,dinurado po ito inbreed rice,kilangan maiangat ang aming produkto ng sa gayon ay makaahon kami sa kahirapan ,,nakabilad kami halos buong araw ,,tapo kapos sa kabuhayan,,
ReplyDeleteTama po iyan. Good post!
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