PBBM: What could be the best time to galvanize Philippine Agriculture? 
	It looks like even if the budget is unlimited, its always business as usual. This is the very reason I have to stay put so I could make a difference but it seems everything is so slow. 
	Ka Mon, you are even talking of Blind Agriculture. Meaning I am a blind leader leading the blind  in Philippine agriculture? 
	Now everybody is saying we will definitely have a RICE SHORTAGE and that time is running out on me.


The Politics of Rice, Rice Shortage and Catch 22

'[The Rice Tariffication Law], did not work to lower the price but instead gave the traders windfall profits while the farmers suffered with a farm gate price of just P10 per kilo which when converted to rice should only be P20 per kilo with the low recovery of our kiskisan of just 45 percent.' 

The Politics of Price Ceiling and The Theory of Equilibrium Price

PBBM: What's this hullaballo that I should resign from DA or the Presidency? 


Philippine Agriculture and Self Sufficiency

There is a good chance to harness the 4,000 million agriculture, fisheries and forestry graduates to be employed by the DA as your Blue/Green Army. This Third Pathway is the way to go.


Food Self Sufficiency and the The Third Pathway

PBBM: There is a famous definition by an old politician which says that Politics is addition and not subtraction. I say Politics is the Art of Balancing to benefit most if not all. This is what I tried to do during my dialogue with Pampanga LGUs and Leaders.       

On the Politics of Climate Change and Candaba Swamp

'The government has failed the fisherfolks and will now proceed to their 'ultimate act' of sacrificing their lives for the  survival of their families and communities since they have nowhere else to go ... It will be a "DO OR DIE" scenario for them with or without government support.' 


Our Fishing Ground vs China Naval Base

'[B]illions of industrial tree and fruit tree seedlings must be produced to be given to the 10 million Indigenous people and kaingeneros to plant them on top of the mountains and denuded forest and protected areas with allowances and incentives.' 

The Politics of Greening and Flooding

PBBM: Why is it that I could not seem to put things in order? The face of poverty is still around us, there seems to be no peace yet in the uplands, many are still hungry and prosperity seems unreachable. In effect, despite my call for UNITY it seems prosperity is not yet attainable. And to think that the seven billionaires who have always been with me on my travels abroad to encourage direct investors to be their partners to create more jobs  and have prosperity, seems not to be working.
What seems to be wrong? 


Trickle-Down Effect, Unity and Civil War

PBBM: What is this ruckus about my E0 39 and the Law of Supply and Demand with former former USec Cielo D. Magno, PhD, of the DOF?      

The Politics of the Law of Supply and Demand

'What could be the best time to galvanize Philippine Agriculture? It looks like even if the budget is unlimited, it's always business as usual ... I have to stay put so I could make a difference but it seems everything is so slow.' 

CHIMERIC CONVERSATION

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