00:00The 78-year-old farmer, Ricardo, woke up early in the morning.
00:16He said that he has been a farmer for more than six decades.
00:20And it is true that farming is not a joke.
00:26I started farming in a machine.
00:32I started learning new things.
00:39Until that machine arrived.
00:47Ricardo did not finish his studies.
00:51Ricardo did not finish his studies.
00:55That's why he left the farm early.
00:57He was already suffering.
01:00We did not have rice.
01:02We were just grazing.
01:04We were just grazing.
01:08We were just grazing.
01:12When I was young, my job was to sell rice.
01:22We sold rice to the people.
01:27He said that he only earns a small amount of money when he grows rice.
01:31Because instead of growing rice manually,
01:34he prefers to use a combine harvester,
01:38or the machine used to harvest rice.
01:41Because it is faster.
01:44There is a machine that can harvest rice.
01:48There is one like that.
01:49It is very popular.
01:52If you have money, you can use that machine to harvest rice.
02:00It is very popular.
02:03There are not many machines like that.
02:06If someone wants to use a combine harvester,
02:10it will explode.
02:11It will explode.
02:12Like that.
02:13It will explode.
02:16It will explode.
02:18Aside from this,
02:19one of their problems is the pests that eat their crops.
02:24But Ricardo's father is very thankful
02:27that there are chemicals to open these crops.
02:32It is very popular now.
02:34They will know the difference between rice and chemicals.
02:43That is why we use it.
02:45There are many.
02:46There are symbols.
02:48Texts.
02:49Those chemicals.
02:51That is why it is popular.
02:53It is popular.
02:54People use it.
02:56People.
02:58That is why it is very helpful for him to have new technology
03:02to make their work easier.
03:05It is very helpful.
03:07It is just a bit difficult.
03:09It is like a tractor.
03:13We will get it.
03:14We will carry it.
03:16It is called a machine.
03:18Like that.
03:19It is also popular.
03:21One of the programs developed by the Department of Agriculture
03:25or DA,
03:26is the Agricultural Drones
03:28to help farmers.
03:31This program started in 2017.
03:36Actually, this initiative started way back in 2014-2015.
03:43Initially, when we have the drones,
03:46we use it for monitoring,
03:49post-disaster monitoring, etc.
03:53Documentation of losses.
03:55Until such time that it has evolved in terms of capacities.
04:00We started looking into the Agricultural Drones in 2017.
04:06How can we use it for crops?
04:11How do we push for direct seeding?
04:15You may have seen the ones that are planted in the desert.
04:19In the past, in agriculture, especially for rice,
04:23the majority were transplanted.
04:26And now, as we push for...
04:29That is the current trend in the world.
04:32Because it is cheaper in terms of cost.
04:37So, many are pushing for direct seeding.
04:42One of the problems that is being solved
04:44is the lack of labor force in the industry of agriculture.
04:48The number of young people who want to enter this field is declining.
04:54Among our concerns in agriculture,
04:57is of course, the availability of labor.
05:00So, through time, since urbanization,
05:04industrialization, etc.
05:07Our labor is gradually available when it is needed.
05:13Because normally, they go to the services,
05:17At the same time, our farmers have aged through time.
05:22On average, we have about 53 up to 56.
05:26So, you don't expect their productivity to increase through time.
05:33It has gone down.
05:35So, labor, cost, and expenses are increasing.
05:41So, the other thing that helps with drones,
05:43you mentioned precision.
05:46It's a good complement in terms of optimizing.
05:50So, you can minimize the excess that is applied.
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