Over the years, I have described agriculture as the economy's backbone. While I believe this to be true nearly everywhere, it's more especially so for the Philippine economy. Many might find it hard to agree, especially considering how by various measures, it has been our worst performing economic sector for decades now—that is, compared to the two other sectors of industry and services. For one, agriculture, forestry, and fishery (AFF) now accounts for less than a tenth (9.6 percent) of our gross domestic product (GDP), way down from one-third in the postwar years of 1946-1947.
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