MODELS OF SMALLHOLDER FARMER UPLIFTMENT: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY ON PHILIPPINE RICE FARMING COMMUNITIES
Written by:
Ms. Beata Maria “Bea” F. de Ocampo
Department of Financial Management
Ramon V. Del Rosario College of Business
DLSU-Manila
“Doon sa amin sa Macalelon ay yanong hirap magtalok. Lalo at tagsangit ay yanung tigas ng lupa at nagbibitakbitak ang mga talukan. Sahod-ulan doon kaya kadalasan ay isang beses laang naani ng palay. Ay, yanung hirap ng buhay ng mga magbubukid.” (In Macalelon, [Quezon,] it is very tough to plant rice. Especially during summer, the soil gets really hard and cracked. It is rainfed, and so, more often than not, harvest happens only once [a year]. The life of farmers is truly very hard.) Ate Mina (not her real name), the eldest daughter of a family of farmers, related how they lived in extreme poverty in their remote town. Ever since she can remember, there have been no irrigation facilities until recently. However, the water supply remains irregular, often flowing in meager amounts. In another province in Southern Luzon, Laguna farmers claimed that despite being installed with irrigation facilities, irrigation water only comes out when rain occurs. For both Quezon and Laguna, there are also those farmers who are not fortunate enough to have water pipes running through their land to support irrigation.
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