SANHI ng masasamang gawain na nakapagpababa ng 38% sa sustansya ng lupa, isinusulong ni Sen. Cynthia A. Villar ang composting at paggamit ng organic fertilizer upang pangalagaan  ito.

Sa kanyang video message sa 71st anniversary ng Bureau of Soils and Waste Management (BSWM), binigyan diin ni Villar ang paggawa ng organic fertilizer mula sa agricultural residues gaya ng tangkay ng palay at mais, dumi ng mga hayop, at iba pang bagay na maaaring ipalit sa inorganic/synthetic o chemical fertilizers.

“You are one with us in actively promoting organic  farming methods especially producing organic fertilizer,” sabi ni Villar, chairperson ng Senate committee on agriculture and food, sa BSWM.
“Since we have many biodegradable wastes in our environment, I have been transforming them into useful things. We have many of them in  our markets and in our own homes, so there is a need for a facility for them near  our farms, trading posts and markets,” dagdag pa niya.

Ipinahayag ni Villar na puwedeng manggaling ang biodegradable wastes sa kusina  at hardin ng ating bahay.

“We only need to collect and convert them into organic fertilizers or compost  which can be used by our farmers most especially now that fertilizers are very expensive, and sometimes, they are not available for our farmers,” paliwanag niya.

Sinabi pa ng senador, chairperson din ng Senate committee on environment and natural resources, na personal niyang ipinatayo  ang 117 composting facilities sa buong kapuluan. Matatagpuan ang 67 sa mga ito sa kanyang bayan sa Las Piñas samantalang ang may 50 pa ay nasa Vista Land Communities.

“Villar SIPAG is included in this advocacy. We are distributing  for free our organic production to our farmers plantitos/plantitas across the country,” ani Villar.

Kanyang ipinahayag na sinimulan niya ang adbokasiyang ito noong 2002 upang makatulong na mabawasan ang basura at maghikayat sa paggamit ng biodegradable wastes  para sa malusog na lupa.

Binanggit din niya na layunin ng  Republic Act 10068 o ang Organic Agriculture Act na naisabatas noong 2010, na palawakin ang  organic agriculture sa Pilipinas. Nagtatakda naman ang RA 9003 o Ecological Waste Management Act na paghiwalayin at bawasan ang basura sa pamamagitan ng recycling at composting.

“These two laws promote protection for our environment especially organic agriculture through composting,” ayon kay Villar.

“To realize this, I  need to remind always the BSWM because it is important that we give Composting Facilities for Biodegradable Waste (CFBW) to our farmers and local government in the whole country. I hope you would do this particularly  now that chemical fertilizers are so costly.”

Aniya, suportado ng DA-National Organic Agriculture Program at ng DA- High Value Crops Program ang proyektong ito.

Binubuo ang CFBW ng isang rotary composter at isang shredding machine.

“It is really important that we take care of our soil to have productive harvest and lower hunger,  food insecurity in our country,” sabi pa ni Villar sa naturang  okasyon na may temang, “Malusog na Lupa at Tubig na Sagana, Tungo sa Progresibong Agrikultura.” Estong Reyes