All farmers are poor.

Subsistence farmers remain one of the most marginalized sectors in the Philippines. No wonder nobody wants to farm anymore! There is an immediate need to better the lives of these citizens so that they can stop living in survival mode. Aside from grants, they should be allowed access to adequate land and water, education on new farming techniques, the right kind of machinery for their crop and field size, well-kept farm to market roads, low-interest loans, among many other things, as a chance to do well and thrive as Filipinos. But there are some people who fall in between this and what people know as hacienderos. There are farmers who have made good lives for themselves, their families, and their employees on just a hectare of land. But again, this can only happen if a farmer has access to support.