BEFORE industrialization began, before concrete roads and skyscrapers, the Filipino people cultivate soil and plant crops. Filipinos are mostly farmers who provide the country’s main agricultural crops such as rice, corn, coconut, sugarcane, bananas, pineapple, coffee, mangoes, and tobacco, among others.
BEFORE industrialization began, before concrete roads and skyscrapers, the Filipino people cultivate soil and plant crops. Filipinos are mostly farmers who provide the country’s main agricultural crops such as rice, corn, coconut, sugarcane, bananas, pineapple, coffee, mangoes, and tobacco, among others.
At present, the agriculture sector needs help. Farmers need to catch up with the technological advancements and shift from manual to digital.
The demand for production is increasing so some farmers are slowly turning from organic farming to a easier ways of production using chemical-based fertilizers that destroys soil productivity. Some farmers also lack knowledge in earning profit out of their produce. The lack of education and assistance are just some of the pressing concerns that our farmers are facing.
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