Why Philippine Agriculture is dying?

Apart from the decline in farmers and farmland numbers, there are other factors
that will lead to this eventual event in the Philippines, mainly in an agricultural country.

First, limited education prevents farmers in the Philippines from adjusting to

evolving needs. They are trapped in conventional agriculture and some don't even have
basic agricultural qualifications. Much of them are primary graduates, but technical
innovation is hard for them to keep up. The second issue involves imports from other
countries for fertilizers, pesticides and seeds to enhance agricultural productivity that
lead to a rise in the prices. Most farmers have to lease capital from other persons to
take advantage of the requisite goods (and not unexpectedly from the banks). It turns
out that the borrowing institutions have very high prices, such that the farmers want to
borrow from a medium to only meet their needs. There is nothing left of them after
harvest time and they have to settle their debts. Lacking middlemen's protection is also
a major factor. These intermediaries take advantage of local farmers to purchase their
crops at a very cheap price because of widespread poverty. Imagine who it's difficult for
a farmer to be affected by typhoons, drought, floods and tungro- or plant illnesses on
their farm. The farmers will be able to recover and pay off their loans for a long time.
And because farmers of the next generation witness how hard a farmer's life is, they
have decided to abandon their hometown to seek other occupations. Sadly, many
choose to work in industrial enterprises, fast food stores or other sectors rather than
remain and agriculture that is not theirs, much of the time.

For decades, there were no strong infrastructure developments to support

farmers (such as agricultural to market routes, irrigation systems, drying facilities, milling
centers, and others). More crops are grown and these farmers have more profits. Sadly,
in the Philippines, that's not the case. Finally, there is such a problem in the Philippines
because farmers lack funding, preparation, and stimulation from previous governments.
The Philippine Government clearly needs to make further attempts to improve the
agricultural face of the country in order to lift this dying sector.