A Gathering Of Eagers – A Book As A Guide To Locate & Engage Scientists In Projects To Assist In Developing PH Agriculture

Surprise! The PH Department of Agriculture (DA) is the Turtle (Tortoise) in the famous Aesop’s Fable race while Climate Change is the Rabbit (Hare)!

By law, May is “Farmers’ And Fisherfolk’s Month” via Presidential Proclamation 33 that Corazon C Aquino signed in 1989. Some 35 years later, have the lives of farmers and fishers improved? Good question!

According to ANN (20 May 2024, Author Not Named, “DA Pays Tribute To Farmers And Fisherfolk In FFM Opening Ceremony 2024,” Department of Agriculture):

The Department of Agriculture (DA) acknowledged the vital contributions of farmers and fishers to a thriving and prosperous economy as it kicked off the celebration of the 2024 Farmers’ and Fisherfolk’s Month at the DA Central Office on 20 May 2024.

Did you see that?! The whole PH DA is 19 days late in celebrating something that is of national importance!

The more important consideration is: “Do we now have “a thriving and prosperous economy”? No Sir!

Agriculture Secretary Francisco P Tiu Laurel “encouraged everyone to support these food heroes through various DA initiatives, including the modernization and mechanization of agriculture.”

I note: “including the modernization and mechanization of agriculture.” Question: “How modern and mechanized is PH Agriculture today?” Answer: “Problematic!”

To help “in sustaining a vibrant economy,” I am thinking of writing, editing and desktop publishing a volume of ready-to-serve Philippine scientists in helping deliver much-needed expertise in projects that are intended to help Filipino farmers progress from poverty to prosperity. The book I’m thinking is titled:

Scientists In Agriculture For Generating Environmental Sustainability (SAGES).

Note the first 4 words of the title of this essay: “A Gathering Of Eagers” – the scientists included in the pages of SAGES are eager to serve their country if appropriately called upon!

In the above occasion, Mr Tiu Laurel Jr said:

We must continue supporting and empowering our food producers, processors, and other agri-fishery stakeholders by modernizing and mechanizing Philippine agriculture.

Exactly! But since there is no written national plan of Mission, Vision & Mission For PH Agriculture, the DA has to come out with one!

And the scientists in my SAGES book are ready to serve their country – initially by helping in developing that national plan.

“A book is a gift you can open again and again” (“Book” image above from dreamstime.com). If you are into agriculture development via the concepts of “poverty alleviation” (Philippines) and “vibrant agriculture” (World Bank), concerned about the poverty of farmers and fishers anywhere in the Philippines, the book I’m thinking should be for you. [Now you know why I have a new blog, “Scientists in Agriculture for Generating Environmental Sustainability” (SAGES).]

Once published, I will offer the book SAGES for information about career scientists in the Philippines ready to serve in any research & development (R&D) project anywhere in the islands.

The PH Department of Agriculture needs very capable managers from national down to local levels – and needs very able scientists to conduct projects in R&D. Wake up, PH DA!@517

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