Only 8% of Farmers in the Philippines Are Green

"KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/16 October) -- Organic agriculture still remains a "speck in the dust" in Mindanao, with only around 7% to 8% of farmers adopting it, an advocate said.

Tom Villarin, executive director of the non-government group Siad in Mindanao Convergence for Asset Reform and Regional Development, said most of the farmers practicing organic agriculture are those in remote areas.

"They practice organic agriculture because they have no choice as accessibility to synthetic inputs is difficult," Villarin noted during the "Mindanao Celebration of World Food Day" Monday."

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