“Why Don’t We Change The Sex Of Filipino Farmers From Male To Female?” Asking For A Friend! Let The Women Take Charge Of Farming To Fight Climate Change!
Now, now, why do I want to change the sex of Filipino farmers from Male to Female? Because the male farmers are hardheaded, matigas ang ulo, natangken ti ulo! I’m referring to farmers who insist on applying chemical solutions of all kinds in their farms – they are exacerbating Climate Change by inducing greenhouse gases (GHGs).
Via Ma'am Leni
and Angat Buhay, I am appealing to
the female species “to get rid of the male species” of farmers and, with such
modern sex change, simultaneously change the nature of Philippine farming!
Why? Male Filipino farmers insist, with some blessings of
their Godfathers local and international, PhilRice and IRRI, on applying
chemical fertilizers and pesticides – because it’s easier, faster, more
convenient. Bad Godfather, bad!
Alvin Chandra
says, “In The Philippines, Climate Change And Conflict Conspire Against Rural
Women” (26 July 2017, Phys.org, phys.org):
Heavily exposed to
increasing incidence of extreme weather events, the Philippines is among one of
the countries most vulnerable to climate change in the world.
The
major reason for Climate Change? The GHGs that chemical fertilizers and
pesticides contribute in their manufacture, distribution and application. The male
farmers love all those chemicals – all quick-acting.
Thus, our male farmers are paying much for expensive
chemicals, and wreaking havoc on our climate generation with those GHGs, and
not minding those, and so everyone of us is paying much for what the male of
the species is doing wrong!
As I
write Monday, 29 August 2022, I celebrate PH “National Heroes Day,” changing
the sex of Filipino farmers from Male to Female, from Hard-Headed to Soft-Spoken.
Thus, we have The New Heroes we need – Beautiful!
(“Lady Farmers” from Esquire, esquiremag.ph)
Actually, I have already started campaigning for females to
take over PH Agriculture! (See my essay, “ Ma'am Leni & Angat Buhay People,
May I Interest You With Farming With A Heart!? Together, We Can Reinvent
Organic Farming – Our Objective Is To Defeat Poverty And Climate Change
Wonderfully!” 27 Aug 2022, Towards A New Eden, towardsaneweden.blogspot.com/).
Elsewhere, Mariana
Broitman says “We are still far from solving gender inequality (07 March
2021, “Why The World Needs More Female Farmers,” Fair Food, fairfood.org).
Ms Mariana sees disarming ladies arming for farming by going digital. She
points to farming as a male-dominated sector and she doesn’t like it herself.
Ms
Mariana, granting that Gender Equality is a big issue, it is miniscule compared
to Climate Change!
Me,
I don’t like the male-dominated farming sector myself because the males are
making all the wrong decisions in what materials to apply in farming – those
chemical fertilizers and pesticides that all those male farmers love to swish
around, produce those GHGs! They are unwitting criminals!
When
will Males ever learn about Regenerative Agriculture? I don’t think they will
ever learn – so, let the Females take over the farms and do the right thing – apply
organic fertilizers – to do right to their fields, crops, animals, families,
and country!@517
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