Mayor Rodrigo Dutertes "Back to the Basics" approach in Philippine Agriculture:

1. Determine the kind of food items that the market needs and quantify the volume food that the
Filipino people would consume every year.
2. Identify which regions or provinces of the country would be suitable in the production of the needed
food items. This would entail a nation-wide study to produce an agriculture guide map which would
indicate soil suitability, climatic conditions and rainfall patterns so that farmers would know what to
plant or raise.
3. Once the key production areas are identified based on crop suitability, government will come in with
the needed interventions to support the farmers in their production.
4. Irrigation services must be considered a vital government obligation to support the growth of
Philippine economy, just like the network of roads being used for free. The country's rice farmers should
be supported by providing them free irrigation water and should be allowed to manage their own
irrigation systems for themselves without being obliged to pay for the irrigation fees.
5. Basic infrastructures to facilitate the transport of food and agricultural products from the key
production areas to the market will be given priority by the Duterte Presidency.
6. Food terminals complete with cold storage facilities will be established in key production areas to
serve as the delivery point for the farmers' produce. From there, the food items will be distributed to
other areas where these are needed in a concept called "Food Positioning."
7. The processing of food products at the local level would be given the needed support by the Duterte
Presidency to add more value to the farmers' produce and create jobs in the countryside.
8. The country's potential as a top producer of aqua and marine products given the fact that it is a
country which has the fifth longest coastline in the world would be given focus and support by the
Duterte Presidency.
9. Farmers in areas which could not grow food products will be supported by the Duterte Presidency by
introducing crops suited to the area with the needed technical and funding support.
10. Environmental protection and ecological balance will be given priority by the Duterte Presidency to
ensure the sustainable production of healthy food for the country.