Local Industrialization, Ecological!
Nakamata ko ug sayo kay dunay miabot nga bisita. Gikan pa sila sa 24hrs nga byahe. Samtang nangape, nahisgutan ang mga kahimtang ug mga paningkamot.
Ug matud pa sa isa:
"If roads are accessible, support for us farmers are available, markets for our products are there... We can live without masters paying us with minimum wage. We have products. They who reject organic agriculture and sustainable development are the corporates who love to pay money to land tillers with no heart for the future of the workers. It is simply making money for their pockets in the name of employing workers."
In a context like Sibagat, a small agricultural town bordered with two urban and soaring economies (Bayugan and Butuan City) to tap its internal resources and potentials is the gateway to progress. And it needs a long-lasting framework. Natural wealth is finite and exhausting such a bounty will dry up the land.
I remembered a tribal leader's wisdom when asked about their economic framework. " We have our own distinct but not really distinct economic and agriculture system. We get from nature what we only need and conscious that our neighbors also have to live from it and the coming generations. If we are only given the opportunity to live our lives the way it used to be, we don't worry about money or hunger. We may be benchmarked as poor or below the poverty line because we don't have profit or money counts but we are living happily, satisfied and sustaining then so be it. At least we don't destroy just to live."
In one.radio interview nadungog pud naku ni, "kanang dili na mogasto ang pamilya kay naa nay makutlo ug naay makuot sa pugaran ug tangkal, dili ba diay na makwenta nga kita kung tagaag bili? Kanang ang pamilya kay dili na punay ug adto hospital ug palit tambal kay Himsog nang pagkaon ug palibot unya dili na pud usik ug tubil sa ambulansya, dili ba diay na maihap nga ginansya o minus gasto?"
Like Sibagat, if the farming and agriculture sector is substantially supported from farm inputs to infrastructures (roads, equipment, facilities) to the market line the sector will surely earn and the locals can eat and send children to school. Among other services should include social protection, benefits, capacity building, social responsibility, etc.
If the fiber industry in the locality is revitalized (ecologically), it will give employment, income and support for the local weaving community. Provided that it will not endanger sustainable food production and biodiversity. And should not!
Sibagat is rich in coconut trees. The local government can tap the Philippine Coconut Authority and other agencies to bring in the municipality the industry - industrializing where the raw materials are. Again, it will boost the local economy without destroying the nature's bounty.
Coffee and fruits are growing potential resources for an industry in the locality. The fisheries though small and scattered are potential for local supply and entrepreneurial. And so are the rootcrops.
Sibagat has cultural and natural bounties too that are also important and are assets to bring in employment and income for the locals.
We can even invite Sibagat overseas workers to invest in the local agricultural production in the locality or any of the ecological development projects.
Above all, Restoration of the forests and biodiversity as advocated by the locals right now is a big addition towards Sibagat and Sibagatnons' sustainable future.
Sibagat can do planned economy, planning not towards destruction but a comprehensive one towards sustainability.
For the electorates, this must be political.
The challenge to invite people in the journey remains high. We need more of transforming perspectives and consciousness. We need more proofs and narratives from the practices. We need more committed policy makers and implementers. We need more communicators, more story tellers, more writers, more demonstrators, more organizers, more community leaders and more conscious voters and residents.
Democratic, Intergenerational, Intersectional, Integrated and Holistic Journey.
Toa na tood akong mga bisita. Nilahos na sa ilang padulngan. Ang tasa is from 3rd SOAC.
Sorry for the tags.
Salamat sa pagbasa. Hehe
#EcologicalFuture #agroecology #sustainabledevelopment
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