{ "id": 7160, "date": "2018-10-16T20:00:02", "date_gmt": "2018-10-16T12:00:02", "guid": { "rendered": "http:\/\/ibon.org\/?p=7160" }, "modified": "2018-10-16T19:08:32", "modified_gmt": "2018-10-16T11:08:32", "slug": "ph-economy-duterteriorating-crisis-in-agriculture", "status": "publish", "type": "post", "link": "https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/en\/ph-economy-duterteriorating-crisis-in-agriculture\/", "title": { "rendered": "PH Economy Duterteriorating | Crisis in Agriculture" }, "content": { "rendered": "
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Agricultural growth today falls far behind estimated population growth of 1.6% in 2018 and is well below the 7-decade historical average of 3.0% since 1948. The agricultural slowdown is also reflected in massive job losses in the sector.<\/p>\n

The Duterte administration only gives lip service to improving agricultural productivity amid this severe crisis of agriculture in the countryside. It also continues long-standing government neglect of the sector. The proposed 3.7% combined agriculture and agrarian reform budget for 2019 is even lower than the historical range of about 4-6% since the mid-1980s.<\/p>\n

Proposals to increase food imports may be necessary but should only be a short-term emergency measure used with restraint if it has been established that there is a shortage. It is possible for more food imports to lower prices but only if traders do not exploit tariff cuts just to increase their profits. – From “Crisis of PH agriculture drives high inflation and economic slowdown”<\/i><\/p>\n

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