Looking
at the situation of the Philippines, it is true that we are behind the economic
growth of other Asian countries like China, Indonesia and Thailand. The reason
for this low economic growth originates from the sector of agriculture due to
the low capital and investments for machinery infrastructures and
other improvements and halted implementation of land reform and production
process. The situation of the sector of agriculture had gone worse through the
course of the years. The Philippines have a slow implementation of land reform
which causes the farmers to rebel against the government due to the fact they
want their own land to harvest and low productivity output which causes our
economic growth rate to decline or diminish. According to Washington
SyCip, founder of the financial auditing
company SyCip Gorres and Velayo, commented on the agricultural status of the
Philippines and compared it with other Asian Countries like China, Japan and
Thailand. It was said that the Philippines is one the most agricultural
countries in the world because the country contains abundant natural resources.
It was also said that we were the ones who taught other civilizations how to
farm and harvest but what happen to our agricultural magnitude?
In every country, the
Sector of Agriculture is the main sector of one's economy for it delivers raw
products to the industry to be processed and keeps our economy stable but if
left unchecked our economy may fall. What is the problem with our economy?
Analyzing the statement of SyCip, the Philippines lags on the implementation of
Land Reform and Productivity Output. Even though our economic growth has
increased by 5.9 percent in the Gross
Domestic Product, it is not enough to boast it because if we compare it with
other countries like China which has a 7.8 percent growth in their GDP over the
same period and Indonesia which has a 6.4 percent growth in their GDP
over the same period. This information tells us that our economic growth is getting
worse due to the lack of attention on the sector of agriculture.
What
should we do to improve our Agricultural status? After all improving our
agricultural status would be start of a good economic status. Based on my own
opinion, the only way to improve our agricultural status is to stop corruption
because stopping it would lead to a chain of reaction that would eventually
lead to a stable economy. We should also have an equal distribution of income
so that the Sector of Agriculture particularly the farmers and their families
would have enough income or capital in giving their best in harvesting crops.
Our government should also build infrastructures and machinery to help or to
make their work easier and quicker so that our economy would grow up fast. Let
us give them a land so that they would achieve freedom and happiness. Let us
contemplate on the different successes of our neighbor countries and let
us see them as an inspiration for a bright future for all of us.
--
Anton Miguel Jordan
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