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PRESENTED BY:
REYMEL A. LIGGAYU
 For these farmers, high poverty rates can be
attributed to underemployment. Almost 70
percent of underemployed Filipinos work in
agriculture, forestry or fishery. While many
farmers and agricultural workers are searching
for employment, the Government of the
Philippines seems to be moving away from
reliance on local farmers, turning to imports
instead.
 In2016, the Philippines was the biggest rice
importer in the world, with close to 2.45 million tons
of imported rice. The lowered funding and
employment of Filipino farmers put more than 12
million people who work in the agricultural sector at
risk. Evidently, more support needs to be given to
farmers in order to reduce poverty. Consequently,
many poverty-fighting organizations target agricultural
development in the Philippines.
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