Tag: farming
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Last time I was on the road in Mountain Trail (known to non-natives as Halsema Highway) or ventured beyond Mankayan (in Benguet Province) seemed ages ago in 2002. I was able to return only last year in November when I went up to picturesque Bontoc (capital town of Mountain Province) for work. That time, observing…
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I’m not a farmer, but my work constantly brings me to them (or, them to my awareness). I feel for them, especially the small farmers. They’re among the most under-appreciated and least supported of this country’s producers. But, visualizing the food chain with ourselves as top consumers, I also feel for myself, that is, the…
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My course elective in college was agricultural economics. It wasn’t my choice. Mine was international economics. I thought it was the rational next subject for me after development economics the previous semester. But when I got to the course advisor, he told me that international economics was not offered. Hasn’t been in a long time. There…
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World Food Day is celebrated this week and my thoughts are turned toward the small farmers in the country, mostly not owners of the land (a sign that democracy is not fully operational in the country, a sign that despite our mimicry of the first world’s culture and economic system, the foundation – the people…
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New reports from the continuing 12-year study in the US, particularly in New York and California, confirms yet again the effects of pesticides on the human population especially children and women. In New York, the research found “for every increased increment of prenatal organophosphate pesticide exposure the IQs of the children dropped 1.4 percent and…