Aired (January 29, 2025): Dahil sa pag-usbong ng makabagong teknolohiya para mas mapadali ang trabaho sa bukid, ilang magsasaka ang nangangamba na mawalan sila ng trabaho. Panoorin ang video.
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Hosted by veteran and premier documentarist Kara David, ‘Kara Docs’ gives faces to significant statistics on social issues. It amplifies the subjects’ voices as Kara David immerses herself in their lives.
Watch 'Kara Docs' every Monday, 5:00PM on GMA Public Affairs YouTube Channel. Subscribe to youtube.com/gmapublicaffairs for our full episodes. #KaraDocs
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00:00The 78-year-old farmer, Ricardo, woke up early in the morning.
00:16He said that he has been a farmer for more than six decades.
00:20And it is true that farming is not a joke.
00:26I started farming in a machine.
00:32I started learning new things.
00:39Until that machine arrived.
00:47Ricardo did not finish his studies.
00:51Ricardo did not finish his studies.
00:55That's why he left the farm early.
00:57He was already suffering.
01:00We did not have rice.
01:02We were just grazing.
01:04We were just grazing.
01:08We were just grazing.
01:12When I was young, my job was to sell rice.
01:22We sold rice to the people.
01:27He said that he only earns a small amount of money when he grows rice.
01:31Because instead of growing rice manually,
01:34he prefers to use a combine harvester,
01:38or the machine used to harvest rice.
01:41Because it is faster.
01:44There is a machine that can harvest rice.
01:48There is one like that.
01:49It is very popular.
01:52If you have money, you can use that machine to harvest rice.
02:00It is very popular.
02:03There are not many machines like that.
02:06If someone wants to use a combine harvester,
02:10it will explode.
02:11It will explode.
02:12Like that.
02:13It will explode.
02:16It will explode.
02:18Aside from this,
02:19one of their problems is the pests that eat their crops.
02:24But Ricardo's father is very thankful
02:27that there are chemicals to open these crops.
02:32It is very popular now.
02:34They will know the difference between rice and chemicals.
02:43That is why we use it.
02:45There are many.
02:46There are symbols.
02:48Texts.
02:49Those chemicals.
02:51That is why it is popular.
02:53It is popular.
02:54People use it.
02:56People.
02:58That is why it is very helpful for him to have new technology
03:02to make their work easier.
03:05It is very helpful.
03:07It is just a bit difficult.
03:09It is like a tractor.
03:13We will get it.
03:14We will carry it.
03:16It is called a machine.
03:18Like that.
03:19It is also popular.
03:21One of the programs developed by the Department of Agriculture
03:25or DA,
03:26is the Agricultural Drones
03:28to help farmers.
03:31This program started in 2017.
03:36Actually, this initiative started way back in 2014-2015.
03:43Initially, when we have the drones,
03:46we use it for monitoring,
03:49post-disaster monitoring, etc.
03:53Documentation of losses.
03:55Until such time that it has evolved in terms of capacities.
04:00We started looking into the Agricultural Drones in 2017.
04:06How can we use it for crops?
04:11How do we push for direct seeding?
04:15You may have seen the ones that are planted in the desert.
04:19In the past, in agriculture, especially for rice,
04:23the majority were transplanted.
04:26And now, as we push for...
04:29That is the current trend in the world.
04:32Because it is cheaper in terms of cost.
04:37So, many are pushing for direct seeding.
04:42One of the problems that is being solved
04:44is the lack of labor force in the industry of agriculture.
04:48The number of young people who want to enter this field is declining.
04:54Among our concerns in agriculture,
04:57is of course, the availability of labor.
05:00So, through time, since urbanization,
05:04industrialization, etc.
05:07Our labor is gradually available when it is needed.
05:13Because normally, they go to the services,
05:17At the same time, our farmers have aged through time.
05:22On average, we have about 53 up to 56.
05:26So, you don't expect their productivity to increase through time.
05:33It has gone down.
05:35So, labor, cost, and expenses are increasing.
05:41So, the other thing that helps with drones,
05:43you mentioned precision.
05:46It's a good complement in terms of optimizing.
05:50So, you can minimize the excess that is applied.