Cynthia laments: Fertilizer procurement a ‘root of corruption’

Recognizing that healthy soil lays the groundwork for increased yield and income in agriculture, Senator Cynthia Villar has renewed her call to Filipino farmers to ramp up composting using organic fertilizers.

She also lamented how procurement of fertilizers had at times been marred with irregularities.

“In some ways, this has been a root of corruption,” the chair of the Senate agriculture committee said.

Villar cited the need to protect the soil from deterioration and degradation to ensure agricultural growth as well as food sustainability.

She noted that a healthy soil is crucial to food security as about 95 percent of the food we consume is directly or indirectly produced from the soil.

“Because of this, soil health is important for agricultural productivity, which in turn will affect food security. And the solution is as simple as putting nutrients back to the soul through composting and going organic,” stressed Villar.

In the Senate, Villar pushed for legislation that provided for soil protection through sustainable and organic means. She has also established and supported projects and programs in numerous communities all over the country to promote proper waste management, particularly involving kitchen and garden wastes as well that can be turned into composts or organic fertilizers

“By providing all the necessary support and assistance to our farmers, their cooperatives and other groups, we are encouraging them on composting, using readily available sources like wastes coming to our own kitchen and garden,” she said.

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