There is a global consensus that young people are leaving agricultural communities for more lucrative opportunities in urban areas. The Philippines is among the countries that are greatly affected by this global phenomenon.

With this, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has intensified its effort to encourage the youth to venture into agriculture through scholarship and agripreneurship loan programs.
In his research on youth and agriculture, Jaime A. Manalo IV, supervising science research specialist at the DA-Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), said that “the desire to pursue agriculture-related courses is not completely absent.”