Lesson 1.3 Flashcards
What is the title of lesson 1.3 ?
Agricultural modernization, sustainable development and current situation of Philippines agriculture
It is the process of growing or causing something to grow or become larger or more advanced.
Development
It is the process in which societies move from simple to complex, homogeneity to heterogeneity, incoherent to coherent, and from agriculture to industrial.
Modernization
It is the process of great changes/transformation in agriculture.
Agriculture modernization
Why is modernization of agriculture significant?
Because it will increase agricultural production.
What are the ways in modernizing agriculture?
-Increase land under irrigation
-Multiple cropping/activity
-Increased mechanization
- Expanding cash crop production
-Encouraging the entreneuship drive
-Developing marketing channels for agricultural produce
-Value addition to traditional crops
-Reforming land acquisition
It is the subsequent introduction of adapted and accepted varieties that can potentially strengthen farmers cropping systems by increasing yields, improving drought resistance, boosting resistance to pest and diseases, and also by clicking capturing new market opportunities.
Multiple cropping/activity
One of their examples is coffee, cacao, tea, sugar cane, cotton, spices and etc.
Expanding cash crop production
It is the capacity and willingness to develop, organize, and manage a business venture along with any of its risks to make a profit.
Encouraging the entrepreneurship drive
It is the statutory division of agricultural land and it’s reallocation to landless people.
Reforming land acquisition
It covers the services involved in moving agricultural products from the farm to the consumer.
Developing marketing channels for agricultural produce
It has examples of crops such as amaranth, malunggay and etc.
Value addition to traditional crops
Who enacted the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act in the Philippines?
President Fidel V. Ramos
In what months and year the Philippines through the department of Agriculture passed into law the agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act or AFMA .
December 22, 1997
Is a comprehensive blueprint for agriculture modernization and rural development in the Philippines.
AFMA
It is the process of transforming the agriculture and Fisheries sectors into one that is dynamic technologically advanced and competitive yet centered on human development, guided by the sound practices of sustainability and principles of social justice.
AFMA
What are the seven principles of AFMA?
- Poverty alleviation and social equity
- Food security
- Rational use of resources
- Global competitiveness
- Sustainable development
- People empowerment
- Protection from the competition are in the right places
What is the concept of extension in agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997 (RA 8435).
It emphasizes the services to be promoted in order to improve the status of farmers and fisherfolks.
In the Philippines, the primary and often only source of income for poor rural people is _________
Agriculture
He says that the failure to modernize agriculture is the root of the massive poverty in rural areas.
Sen. Edgardo Angara
What hindered the full implementation of modernizing agriculture in the Philippines?
Lack of funding support from the government
Sustainable development was first coined by _______ in 1987 as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs.
Brundland Comission
It is a pattern source use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment.
Sustainable development
It is having a healthy environment, an equitable society and a vibrant community.
Sustainable development
