UNIT 1 Flashcards
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization
about 40 percent of Filipino workers in the agriculture sector contribute an average of 20 percent to the country’s Gross Domestic Product. In their 2020 report on food security and nutrition, nearly 690 million people in the world are hungry, equating to 8.9 percent of the world population. Additionally, most of the undernourished (381 million) are found in Asia.
Agriculture includes
forestry, crop production, livestock farming and aquaculture cultivation. Crops are essential in the demand for domestic food consumption and the commercial export industry. In recent years, backyard farming to raise plants, specifically vegetables and fruits, is commonplace in households to sustain a steady food supply (Sanchez, 2020).
One of the main agricultural enterprises is crop cultivation. Major agricultural systems in the Philippines include lowland irrigated farming, rainfed farming, and upland farming while the major agricultural products in the country include rice, coconuts, corn, sugarcane, bananas, pineapples, and mangoes (FAO, n.d.).
ACP remains to be relevant because it continues to play an important role in the Philippine economy as well as providing jobs for the population. Crop production will continue to provide food and supplies, feed and cash crops alike, marketable harvests, raw materials, and food security.
Qualities of a Farm Worker
This course includes all the skills and attitude needed in performing nursery operations, planting, caring, and maintaining crops as well as carrying out harvest and postharvest operations.
In practicing the essential skills needed for crop production, it would help if you have access to a demonstration farm with nursery area, field plots, and working sheds. If there is none, feel free to still take this course to be familiar with various knowledge and skills in ACP.
Before the hands-on practice of performing various agricultural crop operations, you will learn many of the skills in this module, including the following:
Participating in workplace communication
Working in a team environment
Practicing career professionalism and occupational health and safety procedures
Applying safety measures in farm operations
Using farm tools and equipment
Performing estimation and calculations
Processing farm wastes; and
Performing record keeping
