Sipagsikan: The More The Merrier!

 

SIPAGSIKAN:

The More The Merrier!

If Bill Gates is rich in dollars, I creative thinker am as rich, if not richer, with my inspiring ideas of creative farming, which I now refer to as SIPAGSIKAN. From the Philippines, this I dedicate to the millions upon millions of farmers especially in the tropics.

We need a himagsikan (revolution) in sipag or productive industriousness – to bring about that SIPAGSIKAN, a revolution in modern agriculture.

Above, I am showing the image of Bill Gates because of his vast wealth; I am using him as a take-off point for coming out in the open (Internet)  with a worldwide revolution in farming. How do I know we need such? In fact, we need to redefine what is good up to excellent agriculture! Which is good for farmers, consumers of farm produce, and the country. Yes?

Our poor farmers are still poor no matter what they do; our candidate political leaders promise the sky by and by and then after elections, the promiser elected or not, the promise is forgotten.

That is why I have come up with a slogan: “Himagsikan sa Sakahan,” in short SIPAGSIKAN – because I know if there is little industriousness, there is also little progress in agriculture.

Not only World Hunger but Farmer Poverty – and Climate Change. The same solution to 3 problems? Yes. Pay attention now!

SIPAGSIKAN: I Filipino invented the word from “Sipag ng mga magsasaka sa pagpapayaman ng lupa ng sakahan nila, upang yumaman ang ani, sa ganon yayaman ang kita ng magsasaka.” Gets?

Literally, that translates to “industriousness spread among the farmers in enriching their soils and planting them in different and appropriate ways so that they yield their maximum without chemical fertilizers and/or peticides.

SIPAGSAKA – “himagsikan sa pagsasaka gamit ang sipag at unawa.” You have to protect the richness of the soil; you have to actively promote that richness – in order to promote the wealth of the farmer.

We have to enrich our farmers but not at the expense of our farms!

We have to protect our farms from those destroying the plants and animals that enrich the earth!

Hereby I am launching the revolutionary SIPAGSAKA:

1.   What it is – Sipagsaka is cultivating the soil without plowing and enriching the same without fertilizers. This is by way of building in it organic matter.

2.   What it protects – Sipagsaka protects soils from erosion. That is, by building in itself a protective layer of organic matter composed of soil & plant materials.

3.   What it does to the soil – As the organic matter slowly decomposes, so does the soil surely enriches itself.

4.   What kinds of produce – Sipagsaka produces crops with a variety of fruits and fleshes rich in natural nutrients healthy for humans and other animals.

5.   What kind of farmer – Sipagsaka produces a rich farmer; that is, the lower the capital spent, the higher the profit per unit of produce.

The promise of riches from the soil – Is that good or bad news?

“Bill Gates Donated $51 Billion, Pledging 99% Of His Fortune By 2045, And Is Urging Fellow Biillionaires To Help Fight Hunger Nowl” (image from Facebook 29 Sept 2025)

I say:

Simplistic thinking! You cannot solve a problem by creating another problem!

Naïve! The poor in thinking would like you to think that!

Foolish! So much money not earned is so much money not valued!

Insane! You will simply be giving money to the poor – goodbye money!

Very bad farming is the problem now, not technology!

So, Good Farming is the solution.

Science points to good farming that is founded on natural plant growth.

How do you expect your techno-demo on natural rice growing will turn out?

(1)          Your costs vs returns will be at least 1 Cost : 11 Returns!

(2)          Your soil will be at least 2 times richer in natural elements: nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium etc.

(3)          Your field will be at least 2 times healthier than when you first planted it this time.

(4)          Your field will be alive with insects, but zero pest infestation.

(5)          Your field will be alive with microorganisms but zero disease infestation.

Above all:

Ø You will harvest much more than you have ever had.

Ø Your produce will be much healthier to consume.

Ø And you will be richer than you have ever been!

Imagine at least 10 farmers in your area being Good Farmers as I have described above!

Yes, those billions of dollars will certainly fight world hunger if singularly dedicated against it. But the way I see it, hunger is NOT No. 1 World’s Problem – No. 1 is POVERTY! Which is the farmer’s hunger for legitimate & bounteous earnings.

If Bill Gates thinks more millions of dollars from the banks will produce much wealth on the ground so that millions of poor farmers will rise from poverty to prosperity from Africa to Malaysia to Mexico to the Philippines to Zimbabwe, he is naïve! Why?

Higher yields in the fields do not necessarily translate to higher incomes in farmers’ homes! On the contrary, the expenses they require add to the burden of poverty of farmers!

The African, American and Asian poor farmers will have to solve their own poverty themselves – but we have to help them technically as well as financially! No, this is not being taught in any agricultural schools that I have heard of in the world.

In fact, as far as I know, modern agriculture has not added to not only to the quantity of income but also the quality of life of farmers!

There is something wrong in there. About farmer poverty, let us help them release themselves from the enslavement of high costs & low returns – far beyond what they can do today.

Bill, right on!@957