RICE SHORTAGE
Two simple words. One overpopulated country. One big crisis.
Two simple words. One overpopulated country. One big crisis.
I never really fully understood why there was a rice shortage in the first place. Are we running out of lands to plant rice? Is the weather too hot for rice to grow? Are we losing more and more farmers? Too many questions and yet all the TV tells us is the effect of rice shortage which is obviously, higher prices for rice.
Due to so many unanswered questions, I decided t o research more on this rice shortage crisis that our country's currently suffering. I encountered an article in the internet that answered almost all my questions. After reading it, I learned a lot of things so let me tell you a bit more on this current crisis our dear country's suffering. Remember, you are not too young, too old, too rich, too poor, too smart, too uneducated to know what is happening in our country. It is our obligation, as Filipinos, to know, to be concerned and to help.
Obviously, the reason for our rice shortage is the d epletion of the supply of rice. Before, I thought that we were known exporters of rice but I was wrong. We were known importers of rice which means we depend on other countries with our rice supply. Unfortunately, floods in many Asian countries have affected the rice output in the region.
Why is the Philippines dependent from other countries when our country is predominantly an agricultural nation? W e are prioritizing the planting of cash crops to be exported to other countries over the planting of food crops needed by the people who are suffering from hunger. Instead of increasing local rice production, the government is dependent on imported rice. We should be like Thailand or Vietnam. They reduced their exports to prioritize their local needs. We should have done that a long time ago. Our land, our people first.
Also contributing to the depletion of the supply of rice is the conversion of land into golf courses, residential villages, and agro-industrial parks.
Of course, rice smuggling made everything worse. It's that annoying issue we keep on seeing on TV. Smuggling of NFA rice, etc. I'm sure you have probably seen this on TV already so I won't dwell on this issue.
And last but not the least, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's wrong decisions like choosing to distribute millions of pesos for fertilizers instead of, using it to improve rice productivity, that make me want to strangle her.
For me, oil prices could go up, up, up as long as rice prices are down. We could live without cars but without food, we will all die.
Due to so many unanswered questions, I decided t o research more on this rice shortage crisis that our country's currently suffering. I encountered an article in the internet that answered almost all my questions. After reading it, I learned a lot of things so let me tell you a bit more on this current crisis our dear country's suffering. Remember, you are not too young, too old, too rich, too poor, too smart, too uneducated to know what is happening in our country. It is our obligation, as Filipinos, to know, to be concerned and to help.
Obviously, the reason for our rice shortage is the d epletion of the supply of rice. Before, I thought that we were known exporters of rice but I was wrong. We were known importers of rice which means we depend on other countries with our rice supply. Unfortunately, floods in many Asian countries have affected the rice output in the region.
Why is the Philippines dependent from other countries when our country is predominantly an agricultural nation? W e are prioritizing the planting of cash crops to be exported to other countries over the planting of food crops needed by the people who are suffering from hunger. Instead of increasing local rice production, the government is dependent on imported rice. We should be like Thailand or Vietnam. They reduced their exports to prioritize their local needs. We should have done that a long time ago. Our land, our people first.
Also contributing to the depletion of the supply of rice is the conversion of land into golf courses, residential villages, and agro-industrial parks.
Of course, rice smuggling made everything worse. It's that annoying issue we keep on seeing on TV. Smuggling of NFA rice, etc. I'm sure you have probably seen this on TV already so I won't dwell on this issue.
And last but not the least, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's wrong decisions like choosing to distribute millions of pesos for fertilizers instead of, using it to improve rice productivity, that make me want to strangle her.
For me, oil prices could go up, up, up as long as rice prices are down. We could live without cars but without food, we will all die.
OPEN YOUR EYES TO THE REALITIES OF LIFE!
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