The International Labor Organization is urging the Philippines to adopt an ILO model for skills competency standard in agriculture to help increase the number of farmers in the country, as the average age of Filipino farmers age is now 57.

The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) has proposed to the Philippines and Associated of Southeast Asian Nations the use of the Regional Model for Competency Standards in Agriculture and Aquaculture (RMCS).