Essay On Organic Farming In The Philippines

In the past few years, Bataan has been strengthening their agriculture sector. On 2009, Mayor Rolando Tigas of Samal, Bataan has convinced the farmers to shift from conventional to the more sustainable organic farming in order to boost the income of the farmers. Organic farming is a solution to the problem posed by the high cost of agrochemical inputs such as fertilizers and pesticides. It will also reduce air, water, and soil pollution, hence benefiting the farmers not only in terms of income but also in terms of health and environment. There were also other events that led to the growth of agriculture sector in Bataan such as the conduction of a training for farmers on mango production by the Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU). The

Aside from rice, Bataan is also a major producer of other agricultural products such as banana, mango, watermelon, and sweet potato. The barangays of Alauli, Nagwaling, Wakas North, Wakas South and Bantan Munti have been consistently increasing its production of palay. Four barangays have increasing vegetable production; they are barangays Alauli, Nagwaling, Diwa and Liyang. Barangay Alauli has a 2.1 percent average annual increase rate, Nagwaling has 1.8 percent, Diwa has 2 percent and Liyang has 1.4 percent. The same trend is also observed in watermelon production for the last five years. Barangay Liyang has a 6.7 percent annual growth rate, Diwa has 5.3 percent and Pantingan has 5 percent. The production of sweet potato also has an increasing growth rates; Alauli and Nagwaling with 3.5 percent and Diwa with 2.2 production growth. The four barangays of Nagwaling, Liyang, Wakas North and Alauli has an increasing rate in the production of swine. Barangay Bagwaling has increased 40 percent, Liyang has 20 percent, Wakas North has 18 percent and Alauli has increased 17.5 percent. However, the production of carabao and cattle has a decreasing production