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    Here is a 150-word response to the question: 1. Agriculture is greatly needed in order to keep food production and sustain living. It is undeniable as well that it has greatly impacted the environment. How do you propose to balance the human's need for food and protection of the environment? To balance the human's need for food and protection of the environment, farmers need to adopt more sustainable agricultural practices. The government and non-profit organizations should provide farmers with training and incentives to use organic fertilizers and pesticides, practice crop rotation, and plant cover crops. This will improve soil health and reduce pollution from chemical runoff. Farmers should also be encouraged to cultivate less environmentally destructive crops when possible. The

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    Here is a 150-word response to the question: 1. Agriculture is greatly needed in order to keep food production and sustain living. It is undeniable as well that it has greatly impacted the environment. How do you propose to balance the human's need for food and protection of the environment? To balance the human's need for food and protection of the environment, farmers need to adopt more sustainable agricultural practices. The government and non-profit organizations should provide farmers with training and incentives to use organic fertilizers and pesticides, practice crop rotation, and plant cover crops. This will improve soil health and reduce pollution from chemical runoff. Farmers should also be encouraged to cultivate less environmentally destructive crops when possible. The

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    Here is a 150-word response to the question: 1. Agriculture is greatly needed in order to keep food production and sustain living. It is undeniable as well that it has greatly impacted the environment. How do you propose to balance the human's need for food and protection of the environment? To balance the human's need for food and protection of the environment, farmers need to adopt more sustainable agricultural practices. The government and non-profit organizations should provide farmers with training and incentives to use organic fertilizers and pesticides, practice crop rotation, and plant cover crops. This will improve soil health and reduce pollution from chemical runoff. Farmers should also be encouraged to cultivate less environmentally destructive crops when possible. The

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    ONG, Matthew Rouwie O.

    BSBA MM 3-1D

    E. Cite actual scenarios/examples from the Philippines that demonstrates variations of farming
    techniques. You may provide pictures/drawings.

    Variations of Farming:

    1. Subsistence Farming – Bulacan, Philippines

    The farmers are planting rice crops because it’s the main source of living of the
    farmers and their family. Due to the development of urban areas, agricultural growth has
    been specified. With the help of Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, more than
    30, 000 farmers in Bulacan are allocated and are assisted with machinery program.
    2. Shifting Cultivation – Mindoro, Philippines

    The Mangyan tribes are people that temporarily migrate, this means that shifting
    cultivation matches their way of living. They use the short span of cultivation for them to
    have resources. Also, the Mangyans have helped the forest land to thrive with their
    practices in agriculture since they don’t use chemical pesticides in farming.

    3. Slash and Burn agriculture – Sierra Madre, Philippines

    Sierra Madre is known to be the longest mountain range in the Philippines and the
    purpose of farmers for using the Slash and Burn agriculture is for the infrastructure
    projects which is detrimental to the forest. According to DENR, that the forest must be
    sustained since indigenous people are benefitting from the forestland.
    4. Crop Rotation – Baguio, Philippines

    The strawberry capital of the Philippines is using the crop rotation agriculture as it
    can increase the production of strawberry since it helps the farmers reduce the soil-borne
    diseases caused by fungi and bacteria to destroy the strawberry crops. Since strawberries
    are highly demanded, the farmers use crop rotation to sustain the plantation of the crops.

    5. Pastoral Nomadism – Isabela, Philippines

    Farmers in Isabela are advancing since the carabaos are the ones helping them in
    their farming activities, especially in harvesting crops. They believe that having carabaos
    make their life as farmer whole. Farmers are also taking advantage of dairy farming they
    can gain from the carabaos.
    F. Cite actual scenarios/examples from the Philippines that tackled the environmental impact of
    agriculture.

    Environmental impact of agriculture:

    1. Effects and costs -

    2. Livestock issues -

    3. Land and water issues -

    G. Choose ONE of the questions below and explain within 100-150 words. Please do not forget
    to COPY the question you have chosen.

    1. Agriculture is greatly needed in order to keep food production and sustain living. It is
    undeniable as well that it has greatly impacted the environment. How do you propose to
    balance the human's need for food and protection of the environment?

    2. Which of the following environmental impacts is most relevant to the Philippines?

    3. With the module's discussion of agriculture as basis, how do you propose to help Filipino
    farmers?

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