This document discusses farmers and landless rural workers in the Philippines. It defines farmers and rural workers as those engaged directly or indirectly in small farms, forest areas, commercial farms, and plantations, whether paid or unpaid. Approximately half of Filipinos live in rural areas and 70% of poor families are rural. The average income of Filipino farmers, who are on average 57 years old, is only $50 per month working on their 1.5 hectare farm. The continuing maltreatment of farmers and fishermen by the government contributes to rising discontent among the masses.
This document discusses farmers and landless rural workers in the Philippines. It defines farmers and rural workers as those engaged directly or indirectly in small farms, forest areas, commercial farms, and plantations, whether paid or unpaid. Approximately half of Filipinos live in rural areas and 70% of poor families are rural. The average income of Filipino farmers, who are on average 57 years old, is only $50 per month working on their 1.5 hectare farm. The continuing maltreatment of farmers and fishermen by the government contributes to rising discontent among the masses.
This document discusses farmers and landless rural workers in the Philippines. It defines farmers and rural workers as those engaged directly or indirectly in small farms, forest areas, commercial farms, and plantations, whether paid or unpaid. Approximately half of Filipinos live in rural areas and 70% of poor families are rural. The average income of Filipino farmers, who are on average 57 years old, is only $50 per month working on their 1.5 hectare farm. The continuing maltreatment of farmers and fishermen by the government contributes to rising discontent among the masses.
This document discusses farmers and landless rural workers in the Philippines. It defines farmers and rural workers as those engaged directly or indirectly in small farms, forest areas, commercial farms, and plantations, whether paid or unpaid. Approximately half of Filipinos live in rural areas and 70% of poor families are rural. The average income of Filipino farmers, who are on average 57 years old, is only $50 per month working on their 1.5 hectare farm. The continuing maltreatment of farmers and fishermen by the government contributes to rising discontent among the masses.
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armers and Landless Rural Worke
rs DEFINITIONS • refers to those who are engaged directly or indirectly in small farms and forest areas, and workers in commercial farms and plantations, whether paid or unpaid, regular or season- bound. DEFINITIONS • Rural workers who are either wage earners, self-employed, or unpaid family workers directly and personally engaged in agriculture, small-scale mining, handicrafts, and other related farm and off-farm activities. FACTS • About half of all of us Filipinos live in rural— farming or fishing—areas. And 70 percent of the poor families in our country are rural. The average income of Filipino farmers, whose average age is 57 years, is only $50 a month, working on his 1.5-hectare farm. FACTS • The continuing maltreatment of farmers and fishermen by the government is a big reason for the rising discontent of the masses. FARMERS FARMERS FARMERS FARMERS FARMERS FARMERS