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SDG2 - What Is The Caused of Poverty?
SDG2 - What Is The Caused of Poverty?
Army Scout Rangers takin cover behind a military truck after Maute gunmen fired
shots at them in Marawi City. 2017. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
Source: https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2021/08/journalists-urged-to-
foster-peace-in-mindanao/
Solution: Government programs and combined efforts in many sectors are needed
to alleviate the situation. Varied livelihood and agricultural programs are already
targeting the improvement of the poorest province in the country. The MinDa are
eyeing seven areas within Lanao for pilot projects in livestock raising. A
partnership between private business owners should be encouraged to build and
introduce programs. Prioritizing building settlements, community hubs, roadway
systems, and educational facilities as it serves as access to livelihood efforts.
Additionally, suggest land reforms in handling land disputes give way to
agricultural purposes.
Source:https://www.philstar.com/nation/2018/07/21/1835540/
lanao-del-sur-families-receive-food-supplies-armm-anti-poverty-org/
2. Eastern Samar
In the first semester of 2021, Eastern Samar has a poverty incidence of 36 percent among
population by Province. The following below are major problems that cause its rank.
Residents in Sulu-an, Guiuan, Eastern Samar installing solar panels for their
community. 2018. ©GLINLY ALVERO
Red tide bloom has expanded in Eastern Samar as the phenomenon remains in five other
bays in Eastern Visayas region. 2021.
Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1145305
Solution: Support and development are crucial in Eastern Samar in both; the agricultural,
aquatic, and fishing sector. The Department of Agriculture shall assess how to
incorporate sustainable ways of increasing yields and livestock in agriculture, as well as
improve technology and infrastructure against calamities. Introduce aquaculture to back
up the fishery. And improve its market system to encourage livelihood.
Source: https://saad.da.gov.ph/priority_provinces/region-viii/eastern-samar
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https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1091029
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Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture. (2016,
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