Comments on: More People Hungry But Not Due to ‘Food Scarcity’

By: Mabangis

Mabangis — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:53:49 +0000

Insufficient food cannot be solved by government alone. Our growing population is the first one to blame given that are eating more than we are producing. Much of the land I used to plant rice when I was a teenager are developed into subdivisions and even one became an SM site in bulacan. And then people no longer plant food in their backyards and rely heavily on the market for the produce. Less production, we need to import and so this affects all of us.

Another culprit it wastage. When I was a kid, my lolo will scold me madly for a bit of rice left in my plate so I am used to sweeping my plate everytime. Now I see kids without regard for food and just leave it on their table to be trashed. There is so much wastage here in there and it adds up to our problems.

By: Mabangis.com

Mabangis.com — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:46:06 +0000

I think we Pinoys should look back on how we sustained ourselves before and let history repeats itself. The trouble today is more and more farmlands are turning to subdivisions and other real estate projects without making the remaining lands more productive. Although IRRI is here in the country, its a shame that we are not able to keep up with the population needs.

So I call for all Pinoys to plant on their backyards for any type of food they can. If only half of Pinoys do this, it will ease up the requirements nationwide and help bring down importation.

Wastage is another factor. In my days, my lolo will scold me heavily if he saw a bit of rice on my plate. Now we are used to throwing heaps of rice to garbage without regard.

Let’s go back to basics and we will see our lives improving.

By: Jocel

Jocel — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:25:57 +0000

well, population counts heavily, but it is not the only reason. Educational attainment is still low. Only 1 student out of 10 who enters grade 1 is able to reach college, and if you are going to pick random rural areas in the philippines, less than 30% of the people finish college (which happenned to be a primary requirement for a job)… implementation of livelihood programs are weak as well. only around half of the rural population were reached by such programs and more than half of them were not aware of such FREE and GOVERNMENT FUNDED programs… lesser opportunities indeed… another thing is on how food is prioritized… low educational attainment takes with it lesser prioritization on healthcare and knowledge on nutrition as well as food threshold… =’(

By: Jojo

Jojo — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:19:18 +0000

i disagree with both of you. they have so many children due to the life expectancy rate. it has gone down but not enough for the filipino to stop having children. their children will also, hopefully, support them financially in the future. These people are poor, poverty poor.

By: Tina

Tina — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:15:27 +0000

I agree with Chris, stop having so many children and maybe you can afford your fancy cars too!

By: chris

chris — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:33:21 +0000

Then stop having children! Less mouths to feed!