Pagdating ng taong 2030, siyam na bilyong tao sa buong mundo ang kailangang kumain araw-araw.
Para matugunan ito, kinakailangan ng mass food production, ayon sa Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Pero inulat rin ng FAO na nakasasama sa kapaligiran ang labis na industrialization ng food production.
Ano ang epekto ng industrial food production sa climate change? Here’s what you #NeedTo Know.
Para matugunan ito, kinakailangan ng mass food production, ayon sa Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Pero inulat rin ng FAO na nakasasama sa kapaligiran ang labis na industrialization ng food production.
Ano ang epekto ng industrial food production sa climate change? Here’s what you #NeedTo Know.
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00:00In 2030, millions of people around the world need to eat every day.
00:08In the Philippines alone, more than 100 million people are already starving.
00:14According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, or FAO,
00:19in order to meet the need for food around the world,
00:23mass food production is needed.
00:27According to the FAO report,
00:29the extreme industrialization of food production is already harmful to the environment.
00:36What is the effect of industrial food production on climate change?
00:42Here's what you need to know.
00:46In the 19th century, Thomas Malthus, an economist and philosopher,
00:52said that the time will come when there won't be enough crops to feed the growing population of the world.
01:01This is where the so-called Industrial Revolution was born,
01:06or the use of technology, chemical fertilizer, and others to speed up food production.
01:14There are two types of farming in the world.
01:18Traditional farming, or small-scale farming in traditional farms,
01:24and industrial farming, or large-scale farming using machines,
01:31chemical fertilizers, and a large facility for livestock.
01:36In both, industrial farming is said to be more efficient.
01:42Can you imagine about the quantity of food that is spoiled or that is wasted in the traditional system?
01:47It is very huge. It's about 30% of the food that is wasted in the traditional system.
01:51In the industrial systems, there are much more efficient.
01:54There are less food waste, less food loss.
01:57But because they are larger, then the impact in terms of pollution,
02:00in terms of climate change, in terms of long-use deforestation, is much bigger.
02:05So that's why we have to be careful.
02:07As explained by DOST Picard,
02:10there are more changes in the environment because of the industrialized food system.
02:16It needs a lot of fertilizer, mostly inorganic fertilizer.
02:24And of course, water.
02:26And the limitation, when it is wide, it mechanizes the way of farming.
02:35Because of the need for an industrialized food system,
02:39its impact on climate change also increases.
02:43As for the fertilizer, like for example, the inorganic fertilizer,
02:48when it is on the ground, it also produces nitrous oxide.
02:54The nitrous oxide will also go to our atmosphere and will serve as in-house gas.
03:01As we said, the greenhouse potential of nitrous oxide is larger.
03:07As for methane, most of it comes from large livestock operations.
03:15The so-called carbon footprint is also wide,
03:19or the amount of carbon dioxide produced by industrial food production.
03:25For example, the use of fossil fuels in farming.
03:31There is also the food miles, or the travel of vegetables and meat.
03:37Industrial farming is also resource intensive.
03:40For example, the rice that is cooked,
03:44one of the main food of the Filipinos,
03:47requires a lot of water to cook.
03:50According to DOST,
03:52there needs to be a balance between the need for food and its possible impact on the environment.
04:00That is why there is the Organic Agriculture Act,
04:04which is far from controlling the use of fertilizer
04:07that is harmful to the soil, environment, and health of humans.
04:12Organic agriculture is a good program
04:17to reduce the harmful effects of our food system.
04:24We are proud to say that PICARB is instrumental in crafting the Organic Agriculture Act
04:34using sustainable production methods, chemical-free methods.
04:40But different solutions have already been studied to address climate change and food security.
04:47One of them is agroecology.
04:50Another approach that we are promoting is also the technologies like agroecology.
04:57So agroecology means that we need to get inspiration from the nature
05:01to promote sustainable agriculture.
05:04One example, if we want to produce crops in areas
05:09where we know that there is going to be less water in the future
05:13because there is a drought or there is a new etc.,
05:15then we can adjust the production by selecting species
05:19or selecting varieties that are more crop resistant.
05:22We can also promote water storage on farms.
05:26By promoting water storage agriculture,
05:28that's also part of the solutions that we will allow.
05:32One of the possible solutions to climate change and food security
05:37is the concept of food sovereignty.
05:40Food sovereignty is a system that promotes healthy, ethical,
05:46and environment-friendly production, purchase, and consumption of food.
05:52There are so-called pillars of food sovereignty.
05:57One of them is the so-called localized food systems.
06:01Producers and consumers control how to decide how to grow and sell or buy their food.
06:11If they want organic, they produce organic.
06:16The concept of food sovereignty is said to be a great help to farmers.
06:23If the food sovereignty allows to reduce the poverty in rural areas,
06:27then we can definitely help them engage into new practices.
06:32We have been doing this with cooperatives in the Philippines,
06:35particularly in Mindanao.
06:37And we have seen that every time we invest in people,
06:39the outcome is really fantastic.
06:41The people there are very keen on improving their practices,
06:45on changing their practices and making them more sustainable.
06:48Not only that, the Philippines also has a National Food Policy Framework.
06:54Basically, the National Food Policy Framework integrates agriculture, health, trade,
07:01and advocates for nutritious and accessible food that supports local farmers
07:08and minimizes dependency on imports.
07:12The key here is sustainability.
07:15At the heart of the National Food Policy Framework.
07:20As the population continues to increase around the world,
07:24the demand for food also increases.
07:27If the effects of climate change continue to worsen,
07:31it is also possible that more people will starve.
07:35What we tend to say is that agriculture is part of the problem,
07:39but agriculture is also part of the solution.
07:41If we do agriculture the right way,
07:43then we will not be contributing to the problem,
07:46but we will be solving the problem.
07:48But this will require that we need to accept that there is no simple solution.
07:52We know that the Philippines is one of the most resilient countries in the world,
07:55probably the most resilient country in the world.
07:57But the changes are so big that it will not be possible to continue.
08:02So if we want to make the Philippines thrive despite this,
08:05we need to work on everything before the disaster.
08:09And we need to make sure that when the disaster strikes,
08:12then the loss is minimal.
08:39World Bank
08:41World Bank.org