Future of Philippine agriculture through eyes of Japan-trained farmer
March 3, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
This photo taken in June 2019 shows trainees learning about fertilizing procedures at a farm school in Masbate in the Philippines. (Photo courtesy of Neil Anthony Aban/Kyodo)
This photo taken in 2014 shows Filipino farmers attending an orientation for the Young Filipino Farm Leaders Training Program in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. (Photo courtesy of Neil Anthony Aban/Kyodo)
Neil Anthony Aban, as pictured in December 2018, converted his small farm into a farm training school in Masbate in the Philippines. (Photo courtesy of Neil Anthony Aban/Kyodo)
MASBATE, Philippines (Kyodo) -- Most sectors of the Philippine economy recorded a deep decline in 2020 due to months of lockdown arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.