Fisherfolk, farmers, children, and individuals residing in rural areas continued to be the poorest sectors in terms of poverty incidence in 2021, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported. | zacariansINQ
It also said that “significant increases” in the poverty incidence were recorded, the highest being in fisherfolks with an increase of 4.4 percent, followed by children with 2.5 percent, persons aged 15 years and above with disability with 2.5 percent, and individuals residing in urban areas with 2.3 percent.
“Ito na ang isang pinakamalaking kabalintunaan at insulto sa ating bansa na kilalang agrikultural at napapaligiran ng malalawak na karagatan, subalit ang dalawang sektor na dapat nagtatamasa ng mga ito ang silang pinakamahihirap,” it added. Significant livelihood support in a form of economic subsidy to small fishers amid the expensive fuel and other prime commodities that further increase the cost of production;
Meanwhile, the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas in a separate statement stressed that the poverty of farmers, fishers, and rural communities, especially in far-flung villages, “is unimaginable and even conservative estimates from surveys cannot capture through figures and statistics alone.”
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