Importance of Filipino Farmers

Agriculture is vital to the Philippine economy. It employs around 40% of Filipino farm laborers and contributes an average of 20% of the country's GDP. This output is primarily from agribusiness, which accounts for over 70% of total agricultural output (CIDA-LGSP, 2003). Agriculture satisfies the need for food by harvesting crops such as wheat, sugar cane, rice, and a variety of others, and then processing them until they are ready to be delivered.

• In the Philippines, we hold lawyers and doctors in high regard. However, we may require the services of doctors or lawyers on occasion. Farmers are needed not only once a day, but three times a day.

• “Farmers are the backbone of the economy”. Farmers are a very important part of the agricultural industry. It is undeniable that without farmers the agricultural system of any state would collapse.

• Farmers grow crops and raise livestock or poultry we eventually eat

• Farmers do not only grow food; they grow other crops that are used for clothing.

Here is a much clearer explanation on what would happen if there were no farmers, or how significant are they to our world specifically in our lives: