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Bambico II-BSAM
MST4-DEBATE
Motion:
“Organic Farming is a better solution to the problem of food insecurity in
the Philippines than conventional farming.”
GOVERNMENT:
1st speaker:
Food insecurity
Food insecurity is a situation that exists when people lack secure access to
sufficient food for a healthy life. It may be caused by the unavailability of food,
insufficient purchasing power or the inappropriate distribution or inadequate use of
food at the household level.
Organic Farming
Organic farming is a form of agriculture that relies on the techniques such as crop
rotation, green manure, compost and biological pest control to maintain soil
productivity and control pests on a farm.
The law is a state policy to promote, propagate and further develop the practice of organic
farming in the Philippines which is expected to increase farm productivity; reduce environmental
degradation and prevent the depletion of natural resources; further protect the health of farmers,
consumers and the general public; and help cut expenses on imported farm inputs.
Gmo(genetically modified organisms) -example, crop A kay daghan xa maproduce
pero masakiton kaau...dali lang ma sumthing sa mga pests.. tas si crop B kay
gamay au ang ma produce pero healthy pud lageh..dili daun matablan sa mga
pests... ipang interchange ila mga genes para maka produce og hybrid..na daghan
og gna produce pero helthy pud.
Advantages: environment
Organic farming is better than the conventional farming because:
It maintains the life of the soil, not only for the current generations but
also for the future generations. It is obtained intelligently by rotating crops. It is also
by recycling and composting crop wastes and animal manures, right soil cultivation
at the right time, crop rotation and etc.
Organically grown food tastes better too and the nutritional value of
food is largely a function of its vitamin and mineral content.
Organically grown plants are more droughts tolerant. Organic matter also
increases the soil's ability to take in water during rainfall events, assuring that more
water will be stored.
Control pests, and diseases: By careful planning and crop choice, the use
of resistant crops, good cultivation practice, encouraging useful predators that eat
pests and using natural pesticides. The use of varieties of crop species that are
resistant to pests and diseases. If the crop species has genetically based variations
of tolerance to the pest or disease, then resistant varieties can be developed using
standard breeding techniques.