AGRICULTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES

1. GLOBAL TRENDS IN AGRICULTURE
FOOD PRODUCTION

2. WHAT IS A FOOD SYSTEM?
 A food system includes all processes involved in
feeding a population
 Growing
 Harvesting
 Processing
 Packaging
 Transporting
 Marketing
 Consumption
 Disposal of food and food-related items.

3. TYPES OF FOOD SYSTEMS
 Conventional- a production model geared
toward maximizing efficiency in order to
lower consumer costs while increasing
production i.e. industrialized agriculture
 Alternative- smaller scale specialized
markets, local systems, organic systems and
cooperatives. This depend less on consumer
cost and more on consumer satisfaction

4. CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS
 Conventional food systems allow for
consumers to pay less for their food and
generally create jobs, however the quality of
the food and the concern for the land and
animals it effects are generally not a major
concern. Land is often over used, animals
are confinement and greenhouse gas
production and fertilizer run off are common
problems

5. ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS
 Local- reduce food transportation by using
direct marketing i.e. farmers markets
 Organic- reduces chemical input. Produce is
grown without chemical fertilizers and
animals are produced without hormones or
antibiotics
 Cooperatives- occur where farmers pool
their resources to reduce production costs
and increase efficiency or production

6. AGRICULTURAL TRENDS
 In the beginning when populations were
small with less mouths to feed and the
majority of Americans lived in rural areas
where they could produce their own food
Local Systems ruled the industry however as
Americans migrated to cities, populations
increased and technology improved
corporate or industrial farming has removed
the majority of local farms. In recent years do
to health and environmental concerns
alternative systems are making a come back,
but they have a long way to go.

7. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
 Conservation and Agriculture must go hand
in hand
 Every food system, conventional or
alternative, must be aware of environmental
impact, which includes feedlot lagoons, crop
rotation, air quality, fertilizer run off etc.

8. GLOBAL RELATIONSHIPS
 Due to increased
technology global
trade has become
more and more
common. American
farmers ship food to
almost every country
in the world and in
return we import
coffee, cocoa, exotic
fruits, spices, silk
and much, much
more.

9. CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES
 Consumers determine demand, therefore the
culture of consumers determines what
agriculturalists produce.
 Lamb and olives are popular in Greek
populations
 Goat is popular with populations from Mexico
and Islamic countries
 Japan prefers Prime beef, or beef with larger
amounts of fat
 Beans are popular in Hispanic populations