A looming shortage of farmers is placing increasing importance on agriculture and the education sector.
There are concerns the country could face a critical shortage of people willing and able to produce the country’s food. This is accentuating the focus on farm schools and the need to provide more support to raise young people’s interest in farming.
Lending its support to this endeavor is the Negros Occidental Garden Club (NOGC).
A delegation of some 43 club members recently visited the Cansilayan Farm School in the municipality of Murcia.
Members had a first hand look at the vital work the school is doing teaching the importance of sustainable living and empowering the next generation of farmers and environmental stewards.
After a tour of the extensive facilities, led by the principal, Lalaine Noble Dairo, club members held a dispersal of vegetable seeds which they donated to the school including eggplant, okra, string beans bitter gourd or ampalaya and pechay.
“No country, no human being can survive without food and our food comes from the agricultural sector; the backbone of our economy,” said NOGC president, Lope Nonoy Napao.
“I salute the Cansilayan Farm School on the vital work it, and other farm schools, are doing to prepare for the next generation of farmers.”
NOGC, one of the oldest and most active gardening groups in the Philippines, aims to promote a love of gardening, environmental responsibility and civic engagement. It encompasses all topics within horticulture.
