This document summarizes the proceedings of the 2nd National Peasant-Scientist Conference on Food Security and Self-sufficiency and Agricultural Modernization. It discusses the current state of Philippine agriculture, defines agricultural modernization, and how attaining food security and self-sufficiency can lead to agricultural modernization. Tables show the contribution of agriculture to GDP in various Asian countries. It argues that agricultural modernization is attainable in the Philippines and outlines how agriculture forms the base for developing industries in a country. It proposes that agricultural and rural development should include supporting light industries to supply domestic needs, heavy industries to support agricultural modernization, and rural industrialization to increase manufacturing and employment in rural areas.

1. Food Security and Self-sufficiency and
Agricultural Modernization
2nd National Peasant-Scientist Conference
Visayas Avenue, Quezon
July 30, 2014

2. • State of the Philippine
Agriculture
• What is agricultural
modernization?
• Attainment of food
security and self-
sufficiency towards
agricultural
modernization

5. Farm Mechanization

6. Table 1. Contribution to GDP by agriculture in Asian and Pacific
countries (%) (World Bank 2009).
Agriculture, value added (% of GDP)
2000 2005 2007 2008
Burma 57 - - -
Laos 56 46 40 -
Nepal 41 36 34 34
Cambodia 38 32 32 -
Mongolia 33 25 23 -
Pakistan 26 21 21 20
Bangladesh 26 20 19 19
Vietnam 25 21 20 -
India 23 19 18 18

7. Table 1. Contribution to GDP by agriculture in Asian and Pacific
countries (%) (World Bank 2009).
Agriculture, value added (% of GDP)
2000 2005 2007 2008
Fiji 17 15 - -
Indonesia 16 13 14 14
Philippines 16 14 14 15
China 15 13 11 11
Thailand 9 11 12 -
South Korea 5 3 3 3
Malaysia 1 8 10 -

9. Is agricultural
modernization attainable in
the Philippines?

11. Agriculture as the base
for industries
• Provide means of subsistence
• Source of industrial raw
materials
• Vast market for industrial
products;
• Main reservoir of labor power
for industry and other sectors
of economy
• Important source of
accumulation funds
Heavy industries
base metals, basic
chemicals, petrochemicals,
pharmaceuticals, machinery,
precision instruments,
electronics, and consumer
durables.
LEADING FACTOR
Light industries
processing of grains, cereals,
fruits and vegetables,
beverages and dairy products,
meat and poultry; aquaculture
and fisheries, clothing-footwear,
textile and garment industries
and mass housing
BRIDGING FACTOR
Agriculture
(modernized and
mechanized)‫‏‬
BASE

12. Agricultural and rural development
• Light industry supplies the needs of
domestic population (most in rural areas)‫‏‬
• Heavy industry supports agricultural
modernization
• Rural industrialization build on rural
markets and agricultural modernization to
increase manufacturing and employment
in rural areas.
• Set up foundries and metal workshops

16. AGHAM-Advocates of Science and
Technology for the People