For a country with an agriculture-based economy, the government has not given farm workers all the support they need. For the most part, small farmers —as opposed to the hacienderos and big, corporate owned farms—have been left to their own devices.

Although there have been some attempts to provide the marginal farmers with soft loans, farm-to-market roads, education on modern farming techniques, and the like, these have not been on a massive enough scale to make a difference.

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