Clearly, food production is no longer a problem. In fact, developed and even developing nations like China, India and Brazil, are extra-aggressive in bilateral and multilateral trade agreements in order to have full market-access to the economies of poor and other nations where they can dump their huge surplus. In our case, the best available data on poverty is highly attributable to low agricultural and fishery productivity and poor economic performance; and this that can be directly traced to government negligence, incompetence, irresponsibility and non-accountability.
Pinirmahan ng papet na rehimeng Magsaysay at ng US noong 1957 ang unang Kasunduan sa mga Kalakal na Pang-agrikultura. Layunin ng kasunduang ito na gamitin ang surplus na agrikultura ng US para tulungang mapanatili ang kolonyal na sistema ng ekonomya ng Pilipinas, mapamalagi ang lokal na produksyong pang-agrikultura sa kapangyarihan ng US, makontrol ang mga intermedyang industriya na nangangailangan ng imported na hilaw na materyales na pang-agrikultura at masuportahan ang propaganda ng US.