Framework

of a New

Dr. WILLIAM D. DAR

President, InangLupa Movement

Poverty, Food Production,

and Population Nexus
GLOBAL
HUNGER
INDEX SCORE

25.2% = 25 M
National Poverty
Incidence

20.1
Philippine Global
Hunger Index

EQUIVALENT

< 9.9

Low level of hunger

10 - 19.9

Moderate level of
hunger

20 - 34.9

Serious level of
hunger

35 - 49.9

Alarming level of
hunger

Climate Change &

Environmental Degradation

142 M

expected Philippine
Population by 2045

Labor Force:
Unemployment & Underemployment

Climate Change
and Environmental Degradation
Global Climate Risk Index

Philippines ranked

based on data from 1994-2013

(Source: German Watch)

Philippines total
(Source: UNDP)

= 13.2 M ha

affecting
33 million Filipinos

Over the course of 20th century

Philippines
dropped
from 70 % down to 20 %
(Source: Journal of Tropical Forest Science)

Labor Force
Agriculture

About one-third

34%

Services
51%

Industry
15%

(11 M out of 37.4 M)

of the countrys work force is
employed in the

agriculture sector

(Source: Labor Force Survey)

State and Performance

of Philippine Agriculture
GDP by Sector (2014)
Agriculture
10.03%
Industry
33.25%

Services
56.72%

9.6

3.4

Agriculture contribution to GDP

shows a declining trend
10.03% in 2014;
from 20% to 30% in
the last two decades.

6.50
5.95

6
4.82

5
4

3.75

3.60

3.30

2.85

3
2

2.11

1.89
0.80

1
0
C. Aquino

Ramos

Estrada

GDP growth rate

Arroyo

BS. Aquino

AHF growth rate

Performance of Agriculture for the period 1986-2014 was not impressive.

The agriculture sector grew by an average of

2.83%.
(Philippine Statistics Authority and Business World)

Top Philippine agricultural exports

Coconut (oil) 26%

Fresh banana 8.7%

Pineapple & products 6.3%

Tuna 5.8%

Seaweeds & carrageenan 3.9%

Tobacco manufactured 3.7%

Fertilizer manufactured 3.3%

Milk & cream products 3.2%

Fresh mango 0.3%

Global ranks of ASEAN countries

in agri-food exports
Global rank in world export

Particulars

Indonesia

Malaysia

Philippines

Thailand

Vietnam

Rice

1/2

Sugar

Palm Oil

Coffee

Pineapple

Pepper

Coconut

Rubber

1
1

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization as cited by Agribusiness and Inclusive Growth (Dy, 2015)

Issues and Challenges

1

Human Capital
(Farmers & Fisherfolks)

Ageing population
Inadequate knowledge
and skills
Meager income
Ave age = 57 yrs old

Support
Services

Poor access to market,

credit and financing
Making the technology
transfer process more
responsive

Commodity
Performance

Price of inputs and

climate change as main
causes of low
productivity
Poor irrigation &
inadequate fertilizer

Opportunities
1. Partnership
Collaboration for
collective impact
LGUs strength

2. Convergence
Strives for integration
For related programs
and initiatives to be
integrated to minimize
transaction cost
Key ingredients :
coordination and
harmonization

3. Collective Action
Means strength in
resources, knowledge
and efforts put together

4. InclusiveMarket Oriented
Development
(IMOD)

Inclusive adheres to the tenet of inclusion

(race, gender, class, geography)
Market-oriented development emphasizes
the power of market opportunities

5. Rainfed Agriculture
Rainfed areas as impetus
for boosting agriculture

The Framework of a

New Philippine Agriculture

Vision
A Modern and Industrialized
Philippine Agriculture

4 Pillars

Guided by an inclusive
agri-industrial strategy

4 Sustainable
Development
Goals*

4 Major
Objectives

- Inclusive

- Food Sufficiency

- Productivity

- Science-based

- Economic Security

- Profitability

- Resilience

- Nutritional
Sufficiency

- Competitiveness

- Market-oriented

- Environmental
Security

- Sustainability

Enabling Strategies
Plans and Programs*
Legislative Agenda
Note: * The 4 sustainable development goals are the totality of food security.

8 Action Points for an Inclusive

Agricultural Growth
1. Irrigation
To address water scarcity along with initiatives to develop
and implement water saving and harvesting technology
Share of the Service Area in the total Irrigable Area

1.72 M ha

1.30 M ha

3 M ha

irrigated lands
developed so far

irrigable lands
for development

estimated total
irrigable lands with
slope of 3% or less

(invested with hundreds

of billion of pesos)

10 M ha

out
of total agricultural

lands

2. Mechanization
To stay competitive in terms of quality and even
availability of products/goods in the market

Japan

S Korea

7 hp/ha

4.11 hp/ha
Vietnam

1.56 hp/ha

China

4.10 hp/ha
Philippines

1.02 hp/ha

(PhilMech, 2012)

3. Research & Development

To achieve long term economic growth due to several
challenges, which require operative and strategic tasks
like sufficient R&D

Philippine R&D investment

GERD (Gross Expenditure for R&D) as a percentage of

GDP among Southeast Asian countries

(at the same level as Vietnam and Myanmar)

2002, GERD was 0.15 % of GDP

2003, GERD was 0.14 % of GDP
2005, GERD was 0.12 % of GDP

UNESCOs recommended GERD

4. Infrastructure/Logistics

To include establishment of processing centers, other postharvest facilities, and even farm-to-market roads; all
together will hasten production and delivery of goods

With financial assistance from World Bank

DA is currently constructing

213 Km of FMRs
(11% are half-way complete)
This is aside from 840 Km of FMRs to be
constructed after being issued No Objection
Letters to proceed with procurement and
awarding to contractors.

7 trading centers - operational

5 - under construction
9 - pre-construction phase

5. Credit
To pursue innovations that have potentials to set off
modernization and industrialization of agricultural activities
Agricultural and Fisheries
Financing Program (AFFP)

Agrarian Production
Credit Program (APCP)

DA - Sikat Saka Program

(SSP)

Rationale

2013 General Appropriations Act,

P1.0 billion shall be used to
implement a flexible credit facility for
small farmers and fisherfolks
registered in Registry System for Basic
Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA).

APCP was developed

pursuant to the CARPER
Law in partnership with DA
and DAR.

Developed in support to the

food staples sufficiency program
of the government in
partnership with DA and its
attached agencies.

Coverage

Abra, Apayao, Ifugao, Kalinga,

Masbate, Romblon and other
provinces which may be agreed upon
with PCFC

Nationwide

25 major rice producing

provinces

Eligible
borrowers

Non-ARB Small Farmers and Small

Fisherfolk (NASFSF)

Cooperatives
Farmers Organizations
Rural Banks

Small Palay Farmers

Maximum
Loanable
Amount

Up to 80% of the total project cost

but not to exceed P300,000 per
borrower

Interest Rate

Special rate

Special rate

Special rate
(Source: Landbank)

6. Market/Agribusiness
As enabling environments to spur development;
emphasizes the role of public sector and international
organizations in promoting business and even businessclimate reforms including returns to investments

Phase I
2014-2017
Focuses on rubber,
coconut, mangoes,
coffee, cacao,
banana, palm oil;
other high value
crops
Attends to supply
chain gaps

Phase II
2018-2021
Strengthens agroprocessing & its linkages
to production ---R&D;
strengthens supply
chains, upgrades
commodity clusters;
provides access to
technologies, finance;
regulatory &
certification system

Phase III
2022-2025
Deepens
participation in
Global Value Chain
(GVC)
Presents the
Philippines as an
agribusiness regional
hub

(Source: RM Aldaba, DTI)

7. Empowerment and Capacity

Development
To harness the potential of human capital like addressing skills
of farmers and developing relevant educational curriculum
and innovative pedagogy for various interest groups

5 qualities of a farmer

Producer
Team player
Scientist/Technologist
Businessman/Entrepreneur
Environmentalist

8. Adaptation to climate change

FAO (2012) stressed that building resilience to climate
change starts by building resilience through sustainable
management of natural resources and ecosystem
restoration.

Towards an inclusive, science-based, resilient and marketoriented Philippine agriculture

- Legislative agenda in provision of reforms is imperative.

Thank you!
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