DUE TO THIS, THERE ARE MANY OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN OUR COUNTRY THAT HAS BEEN DESTROYED NOT ONLY BY CALAMITIES, BUT ALSO THROUGH LACK OF IMPLEMENTED TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD HAVE HELPED OUR FARMERS PRESERVE THEIR CROPS AND HELP THEM SELL IT AT A LATER TIME.
I PROPOSE SOME SOLUTIONS THAT MAY BE OF HELP TO OUR AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AND THUS TO OUR FARMERS:
TO HAVE AGENCIES AVAILABLE TO THE SIMPLE FARMERS THAT COULD PROVIDE HELP TO THEM IN VARIOUS WAYS:
A. SEEDLINGS- THAT IN RURAL AREAS, THE MUNICIPALITY WILL HAVE THE VARIOUS BARANGAYS SEEDLINGS THAT HAS BEEN RESEARCHED TO BE OF HELP TO FARMERS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO BE PLANTED.
B. STORAGE/DRYING FACILITIES:
THAT VARIOUS STORAGE AND DRYING FACILITIES BE AVAILABLE TO FARMERS SO AS NOT TO LOSE THEIR CROPS DUE TO ADVERSE EFFECTS OF WEATHER/ CLIMATE AND NATURE
C. TECHNOLOGY AVAILABILITY FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS:
THIS IS TO TEACH OUR FARMERS VARIOUS WAYS TO MAKE AVAILABLE THEIR PRODUCTS, AND TO TRANSFORM THESE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS TO ANOTHER FORM THAT COULD PRESERVE IT AND THUS MARKET IT IN ANOTHER WAY.
EXAMPLE OF THIS IS RICE:
INSTEAD OF JUST MILLING RICE AND MARKETING IT AS SACKED RICE, IT CAN BE TRANSFORMED TO RICE WINE, RICE COFFEE, RICE PUFFS, RICE FLOUR, ETC.
SUCH IF LEARNED BY OUR FARMERS AND MADE AVAILABLE TO OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NEAR FARMLANDS, IT MAY HELP GENERATE ANOTHER VENUE FOR LOCAL INCOME AND LIVELIHOOD TO AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES.
ANOTHER IS TEACHING FARMERS TO MAKE BIOLOGICAL BASED FERTILIZERS, ECO-FRIENDLY PEST CONTROL, AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY THAT MAY HELP THEM ALONG THE WAY IN IMPROVING PRODUCTION AND YIELD OF THEIR CROPS.
D. IMPROVEMENT OF FARM TO MARKET ROADS
THIS WILL HELP LOWER THE COSTING OF FOOD IN OUR MARKET, AND ALSO INCREASE THE INCOME OF OUR FARMERS FOR WHEN THE ROADS TO THE MARKETS ARE AVAILABLE, THE FARMERS CAN TRANSPORT THEIR GOODS EASILY TO MARKETS AND THUS SELL THEIR GOODS ON A PRICE THAT IS FAIR TO THEM.
IT WILL HELP IN A TWO WAY PROCESS FOR BOTH FARMERS AND THE PEOPLE CONSUMING THE FARMER'S PRODUCTS.
HOPE THAT THESE IDEAS MAY BE OF HELP TO THOSE WHO IS GIVEN BY GOD THE POWER TO MAKE THESE SUGGESTIONS POSSIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FILIPINO FARMER, WHICH IN TURN, CAN ALSO HELP BENEFIT VARIOUS AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES, IF IMPLEMENTED IN AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WAY.
MAY GOD HELP US IN THIS REGARD TO HELP OUR FARMERS AND PEOPLE PROSPER AS A WHOLE.
MAY GOD BLESS US.
