The scene in the rural areas of farmers using the carabao and wooden plow to till the soil may be somehow be a factor on why much of the youth do not want to take up farming as a vocation or business activity.
But what if the carabaos and other draft animals used in farming are replaced gradually by machines? Fortunately, this is becoming a reality, with the Aquino administration allocating billions of pesos to help mechanize farms in the Philippines.