The Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva has proposed the creation of social security and pension benefit programs for Filipino farmers and fisherfolk to recognize their role as nation builders and provide them security in their old age. “It has been said that a farmer works so the nation can eat. This is how crucial our farmers are in securing food and driving national development,” Villanueva stressed in a press statement on Monday, explaining the rationale for the bill. “There is an urgent need to safeguard their welfare through policies that mitigate their socioeconomic risks and vulnerabilities,” he added in his Senate Bill No. 244 or the proposed “Pensyonadong Magsasaka at Mangingisda Act.”

Fernandez, B. (2025, August 19). Villanueva seeking social security, pension benefits for farmers, fishers. BusinessMirror, pp. A5, A11.