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The sector continues to face challenges, however, due to the pressures of a growing population. As of 2022, the sector employs 24% of the Filipino workforce [2] and it accounted for 8.9% of the total GDP. [3] Philippines agricultural products
From January to December 1997, the DAR distributed 206,612 hectares. That year, since 1987, the DAR had distributed a total of 2.66 million hectares which benefited almost 1.8 million tenant-farmers. [5] One major problem that the Ramos administration faced was the lack of funds to support and implement the program. [5]
The agrarian reform is part of the long history of attempts of land reform in the Philippines. [3] The law was outlined by former President Corazon C. Aquino through Presidential Proclamation 131 and Executive Order 229 on June 22, 1987, [4] and it was enacted by the 8th Congress of the Philippines and signed by Aquino on June 10, 1988.
There are an estimated estimated 2.4 million rice farmers in the Philippines as of 2020. [3] The average age of rice farmers is 56 years; 82% of rice farmers are men and 18% are women. [8] Many Filipino farmers live in poverty due to a combination of factors, including economic policy, environmental, and land ownership issues. [9] [10]
Masagana 99 was an agricultural program of then Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos to increase rice production among Filipino farmers. [1] [2] [3] The program was launched in 1973 at a time the country was experiencing a rice supply shortage.
The Philippine Development Assistance Programme, Inc. (PDAP) is a coalition of Filipino and Canadian non-government organizations ().It was founded in 1986 as a non-profit organization to alleviate poverty and inequality in the Philippines. [1]
A Miami Herald investigation into the boat crash that killed a 17-year-old Lourdes student reveals a deeply flawed probe as FWC investigators and prosecutors built a case against George Pino.
However, there is not much land left for rice agriculture and challenges to growing rice include unpredictable and unfavorable weather conditions as well as population density. [7] A typhoon known as Yolanda that struck in 2013 damaged 2 percent of rice crops in the Philippines. Adverse weather conditions continue to threaten rice cultivation. [7]