CRITICAL ISSUES THAT

NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED
NOEL DAGURO
 1. SMALL FARM SIZE; 78% FARMS ARE LESS THAN 3
HECTARES
• Most of our farms are have already shrunk in size due to the fast growth of our population.
Therefore, our country needs to build more houses, sacrificing the agricultural sector of our
country.

2. LAND CONVERSIONS

• Land is being encroached upon by the housing and industrial sectors in order to solve these
problems, it is good to consider the natural state of our farm lands. Most farm lands are
being replaced by buildings and houses due to globalization but maintaining these lands
will help for the development in our agriculture.
 3. LACK OR ABSENCE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
• Irrigation is one of the most if not, the most important factor in agriculture. The worsening climate change
impact necessitates irrigation and its appropriate engineering and technology must be put in place in order to
make agriculture productive.
• Irrigation helps farmers keep their crops well-hydrated and moist, especially during the warm seasons. Without
irrigation, the soil would become dry and the crops will wilt.

4. INADEQUATE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS ON SOIL, PESTS

AND DISEASES
• Pests and crop diseases have been a major problem in the agricultural sector of the
Philippines. It lacks funding from the government. If these pests and diseases were to be left
out of control, famine would crawl across our country.
5. REDUCED FARM LABOR
• Due to the fast industrialization of our country, many people prefer to do industrialized work instead of
planting crops for the nation to eat. Our farmers have started to grow old, and only few are replacing our old
farmers.
• To make the agricultural sector lively again, we can encourage citizens to farm again through campaigning and
education. Anything can be sparked using bare knowledge and motivation.

6. EXPENSIVE AND INAPPROPRIATE FARM EQUIPMENT FOR

SMALL FARMERS
• Since we do not have much money for spending in agricultural needs, machinery needed for this has become a
great expense for our pockets.
• Industrialization and modernization detached from agriculture alienates many of the Filipinos especially the
rural youth. While this is a global phenomenon other countries cope to this major gap in their labor force but
not the Philippines.
 7.CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATURAL DISASTERS
• Our country is known to be prone to natural disasters like typhoons and earthquakes. What is not seen is that
most of our crops cannot resist extreme weather conditions like these. Encroaching climate change can also affect
our agriculture due to its effects like droughts.

8. INADEQUATE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER MECHANISMS

• Our technology regarding agriculture is not given enough attention. Our country lacks machinery and technology
to improve our produce. We lag behind compared to South East Asian neighbors.