Smallness and fragmentation of farmlands as root cause of lack of agri productivity

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The lack of productivity of our agriculture has many proximate causes: Non-adoption of modern inputs (good seeds, breeding stock, fertilizers, feeds, etc.); farmers’ lack of credit with which to acquire these inputs; insufficient farmers knowledge due to weak extension services; low mechanization and high post-harvest losses; poor transport and high logistics costs, and periodic adverse natural phenomena like strong winds, floods, drought, and pest and disease outbreaks.

This lack of productivity is characteristic of the majority of our farmers who operate small, fragmented landholdings but not of the larger farmers and corporate growers. The latter are able to overcome the constraints and are generally productive, profitable and are able to compete with imports. In fact, for some commodities like bananas, pineapple, and mango, they are world-beaters.

The problem of smallness was aggravated by agrarian reform and can only get worse as farmlands are further subdivided among heirs with each passing generation. 3. Further empower farmers through cooperatives, irrigators associations and farmers associations by coursing all public and private support through them, and

Even as the Department of Agrarian Reform distributes the last remaining “carpable” coconut and sugar lands which have been given notices of coverage, we should declare victory as far as agrarian equity and social justice are concerned and move on to address the now more pressing issues of rural productivity and poverty alleviation.growing arrangements

In studies after studies in many countries, the contract growers-producers consistently derive higher and more reliable income compared with their independent grower counterparts. The corporate integrators for their part, in addition to being assured of availability of raw materials, are spared the problems of labor, land tenure and to the some extent capital expenditure for housing for livestock and fishpond development for aquaculture.

 

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Lack of technology and primitive practises..lack of innovation..lack of research..its still 1900s out there..

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