Unclear, Uncertain, Unhappy – Unless We Resolve Our Share Of Climate Change, You Are Looking At The Future Of The Philippines!

How many millions are there we have of PH farmers? Never mind! Scientist or not, agriculturist or not, if you have not been paying attention, you do notknow that we could solve farmer poverty automatically by solving a much bigger problem: Climate Change!

Here comes the ADB to the rescue!? Ben O De Vera says, “PH Pushes ADB-Supervised Asean Info Exchange On Climate Action: (12 June 2022, Inquirer.net, business.inquirer.net). PH Independence Day – Will the “info exchange” on the climate crisis result in the Asean being able to declare Independence Day from Climate Change? I doubt it very much!

In relation to this, Mr De Vera says Finance Secretary Carlos Dominquez “urged the ADB to spearhead an Asean-wide initiative that would enable member-countries of the regional organization to exchange information and best practices on localized climate adaptation and mitigation programs.”

To “exchange information and best practices” – Mr Secretary, I doubt that any of the Asean countries, including our dear Philippines, (a) has any Climate Change information other than what we can gather digitally; and (b) has any climate adaptation and mitigation programs running to report on.

If I know my logic, not a single country has any scientifically based adaptation and/or mitigation program vis-à-vis Climate Change. Like: It would require that farmers junk their chemical fertilizers and pesticides and instead resort to practices in organic agriculture. Would the chemical companies simply sit & watch?

And I attribute all that to the bullheadedness of the farmers who are mostly males. 2+ years ago, I said, “Since Male Farmers Are Hardheaded, Let's Cultivate The Female!” (see my 12 Jan 2020 essay “Thinking P2B, Youth Agripreneurs, Schools And The Metaphor Of The Factory – SCUs For The New PH Agriculture!” Towards A New Eden, towardsaneweden.blogspot.com).

I say, since we can no longer trust male farmers, let us cultivate female farmers. And we will have to show them how to do organic farming, which is an entirely new world for male farmers here or abroad.

Mr Dominguez said:

This initiative will hopefully encourage other countries to design and accelerate the implementation of their own climate programs. This sends a very strong signal to the international community that the Philippines is fully committed to deliver on our climate ambitions. We hope to inspire other emerging economies not only with our determination but also with innovative financial systems.

Mr Dominguez, Sir, “fully committed to deliver on our climate ambitions” means:

100% rejecting the agriculture that generates greenhouse gases (GHGs) – and that is Chemical Agriculture (CA), which is practiced with gusto all over these islands – and

100% resorting to Regenerative Agriculture (RA), which rejects all applications of chemical fertilizers and pesticides – the harbingers of GHGs that cause Climate Change.
(“Regenerative Agriculture” image from YouTube, youtube.com)

Mr Dominguez, are you with me in trying to convince Leni Robredo and her Angat Buhay (“Lifting Lives,” my translation) ladies to go into Regenerative Agriculture? You must be crazy – but it would be a wise move on your part!@517