Farmers disprove Economists!
Philippine Rice Self-Sufficiency
Could Be Achieved, Believe Me!
A community of Ilocano farmers in Matalam, North Cotabato has shattered the lie peddled by the country's economists that the Philippines could not be rice self-sufficient by increasing their annual production seven-fold with the aid of a Solar-Powered Irrigation System (SPIS).
From an average production of 3-metric tons per hectare once a year before the SPIS was built, the farmers of Barangay Manubuan, Matalam now harvest three times a year with an average yield of 7-metric tons or a total of 21-metric tons in one year.
The farmers association president, Tranquilino Pulanco, a retired teacher and former vice mayor of Matalam town, said that the Solar irrigation, high-yielding seeds, sufficient fertilization and modern machinery like tractor with rotavators and a harvester, helped them boost their production 7-times higher than their previous yield per hectare.
The Manubuan farmers' true-to-life story effectively thrashes the contention of the country's Economic Managers that the Philippines could never be rice sufficient because it does not have enough area to grow rice.
When I, as Secretary of Agriculture, announced in 2016 that the country could achieve Rice Self-Sufficiency by 2020 with the launching of the Masaganang Ani 6000 that aimed to increase from the national average rice production 3.9-metric tons 6-metric tons per hectare, the Economic Managers scoffed at the idea.
Instead, they pushed for the passage of the Rice Tariffication Law which allowed unimpeded rice importation from Vietnam, Thailand which brought down farm gate prices of local palay production.
Their promise that the retail prices of rice in the market would drop by at least P7 per kilo never happened as traders and importers controlled the flow of supply and pricing of rice.
They ignored the fact that the National Rice Self-Sufficiency Road Map was crafted by the country's most outstanding rice farmers, whose production per hectare exceeded three-fold the national average yield, experts of the department and the private sector, including hybrid seeds companies.
The projections were actually science-based and validated by farmers actual experiences.
With a total harvested area of 4.9-million hectares per year, an increase of 2.1 metric tons in yield per hectare or an additional national milled rice supply of 6.2-million metric tons, would have given the country an annual rice supply 4.4-million metric tons more than shortfall of about 1.8-MMT at that time.
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