#PIDSInfoBits: Did you know that among the basic sectors in PH, farmers and fisherfolk have the highest poverty incidence?
According to 2018 data from the Philippine Statistics Authority, farmers had a poverty incidence of 31.6 percent while fisherfolk had 26.2 percent.
Learn more about our small farmers and fisherfolk by reading the PIDS study titled “Towards a More Sustainable Financing of Small Farmers and Fisherfolk's Agricultural Production” available here: https://pidswebs.pids.gov.ph/CDN/PUBLICATIONS/pidsdps2038.pdf.
