Date Published: September 20, 2017 LABO, CAMARINES NORTE - Are Filipino farmers a dying breed? According to the Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), an independent, non-profit humanitarian news and analysis outlet based in Geneva, Switzerland, a Filipino farmer`s average age is 57 which means that at an average life span of 70, the country might reach a critical shortage of farmers in 15 years. Younger generations nationwide opt to leave rural areas to pursue careers in commercial centres close to Metro Manila. But not 23-year-old Loryn Nala-Raro of Brgy. Iberica in Labo, Camarines Norte. Since childhood, Raro has witnessed how her father, 50-year-old Loreto Nala, tilled their...
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