The current state of farming could be a daunting scenario to consider, given the challenges of rising costs of farm inputs, climate change, land and labor shortage concerns, old/outdated technology, and/or knowledge.  This is not the best food security situation for the future of a steadily increasing population (estimated to be 1.4 % in 2019 by the Philippine Statistics Authority) that relies on an agriculture sector that only grew by 0.5% in late 2020. This is why for Syngenta Philippines, growing for the future starts now with targeted farm solutions designed for crops that are critical to the Filipino farmer, such as rice, corn, and bananas.