RE: Poor Investment and Agricultural practices within the country, its effect and negative impact on Food Availability.

I've heard you write that there are many idle hands in your country. If all those idle hands were growing food there would be more for everyone.

But farming is hard and farming well even harder. At its core farming is working with the land to reap its benefits. However many plant for just the next harvest without thinking what is best for the land.

Being stewards of the land mean protecting the soil, planning for drainage, planting for now AND the future and sometimes planting things which don't give food but which make the overall farm better.

Decades ago I started reading and learning about permaculture vs agriculture.

In permaculture the goal is plant now with forever in mind. Another reason why I love trees more than rice and corn (although they have their place too of course!)

In my Phillipine home the Cagayan River is doing what is happening to your farmland. It is eating away the village of Enrile. It's sad people are losing their homes and farms to the river.

I hope you find a solution to your problem with water. I don't know what it is but I will say...... the same practice that gave you the problem aren't the ones that will solve it.

Thanks for writing