ONCE upon a time, the Philippines was a great agricultural country.
During the pre-colonial times, the Philippines was already trading with Indians, Arabs, Chinese and Japanese merchants who exchanged wares for the Filipinos' gold, pottery, rice and other farm products. Around the 12th century, 'a huge industry centered around the manufacture and trade of burnay clay pots, used for the storage of tea and other perishables ... The people were skilled agriculturists, and the islands, especially Luzon, had a great abundance of rice, fowl, and wine ...
Expenditure on public infrastructure for agriculture was reduced as the Payne-Aldridge Act stripped the government of customs revenue. Manila hemp was now competing against the newly invented Nylon. Although the area of land cultivated for agriculture was still increasing, the rate was reduced to 1 percent per annum.'Then, the Japanese next occupied the Philippines after it declared war against the United States in 1941. There was no notable activity in agriculture.
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