Manny Piñol Lectures JC Punongbayan for Claiming PH is Not An Agricultural Country

 Former Agriculture Secretary and newly installed Food Security Adviser Manny Piñol lectured veteran political analyst and self-proclaimed economist JC Punongbayan who claimed earlier that the Philippines is no longer an agricultural country based on the data he obtained so far. 

According to the veteran farmer who worked as Agriculture Secretary and the head of Mindanao Development Authority, Agriculture is indeed the backbone of the Philippine economy. 

Manny Piñol even noted that if only we had less swivel-chair economic experts and planners, our country would have prospered a long time ago. 

The statement of the veteran farmer and prominent political analyst, JC Punongbayan's claimed ridiculing those who are saying that the Philippines is an agricultural country citing alleged miniscule contributions to Gross Domestic Product is the reasons why we have a failure in terms of agricultural policies and given also a miniscule budget.

The likes of Punongbayan, who are considered as self-proclaimed economists and experts are the reasons behind the country's failure in agriculture. The mere 9.5% contribution of the agriculture sector to the Philippine economy is an evidence of this kind of thinking by economic managers. 

Manny then lectured JC Punongbayan by defining first the meaning of Agriculture. The first big mistakes of the economic planners in the country is their limited understanding of the definition of Agriculture to raw materials productions. 

"Kapag bagong ahon o huli ang isda, Agiculture pero kapag nilagay sa lata, processing or manufacturing industry na."

"Kapag bagong ahon o huli ang isda, Agriculture pero kapag nilagay sa lata, processing or manufacturing industry na."

Those are just some few examples of agriculture industry wherein most economists perceived as not part of the agriculture sectors. 

Agriculture's contribution to the GDP should not be quantified through the mere value of the raw materials produced by farmers and fishermen.

Read the Complete Statement of Manny Piñol:

Mali ka, JC!

Agriculture Is The Backbone

Of The Philippine Economy

If only we had less swivel-chair economic experts and planners, our country would have prospered a long time ago.

Self-proclaimed economic expert JC Punongbayan ridiculed those who say that the Philippines is an agricultural country citing its alleged minuscule contribution to GDP.

Ito ang masakit sa ating mga economic experts kuno na nakakita lang ng graph at mga numero, gagawa na kaagad ng doktrina na gusto nilang maging basehan ng mga development policies ng ating bansa.

Kaya mali-mali ang Agriculture policies at kaunti ang ibinibigay ng budget dahil sa maling pananaw ng ating mga Economic Experts.

So, Agriculture's contribution to the GDP is a measly 9.5%?

Teka muna. Let us first define Agriculture.

Ang unang malaking pagkakamali ng ating mga Economic planners ay ang paglimita sa definition ng Agriculture to raw materials production.

Kapag bagong ahon o huli ang isda, Agriculture pero kapag nilagay sa lata, processing or manufacturing industry na.

Buhay na baboy ibenenta ng magsasaka, Agriculture pero kapag ginawang hamon, chorizo o spam, industry na.

Kapag binilad na copra nabenta Agriculture pero kapag ginawang mantika, industry na.

Agriculture's contribution to the GDP should not be quantified through the mere value of the raw materials produced by farmers and fishermen.

It should include the whole value chain, from the jobs created in the production and processing, to the people involved in the distribution and marketing and even the businesses which offer food.

Looking backward, why do industrial companies manufacture tractors and farm implements?

Alangan naman gamitin ang traktora sa pamamasyal.

Bakit may gumagawa ng mga cargo trucks at may mga haulers?

Bakit may manufacturer at distributors ng abono, farm inputs, sprayers, seed producers, jute sacks, packaging machines, biologics, feeds, vitamins, kulongan ng manok, tray ng itlog, fishing nets at bingwit?

Bakit merong multi-billion peso investments sa feed mills at manufacturing ng veterinary products?

They were made for agriculture, idiots!

The Philippines is an Agricultural country. That's a fact.

Subukan nating huminto sa pagtatanim, huwag na mag-alaga ng manok o baboy, hwag na manghuli ng isda at hwag magbenta ng saging at prutas.

Yan JC Punongbayan ang kontribusyon ng Agrikultura sa ekonomiya at sa kapakanan ng boung bansa.

It is more than just the 9.5% GDP contribution that you cited.

Kung walang Agrikultura babagsak ang ekonomiya at magkakagulo ang boung bansa.

Kaya friendly advice ko sayo at sa mga kasama mo na Swivel-chair economic experts: Lumabas kayo sa lungga ninyo at sumama sa akin sa pagiikot sa boung bansa.

Hwag lang kayo palagi nakatutok sa screen ng computers ninyo.

Pagkakataon nyo ito para makita ang totoong kalagayan ng ating bansa.

See The Real World!

#GetOutOfYourRooms!

Source: Manny Piñol FB Page