The carabaos provided the necessary labor that allowed Filipino farmers to grow rice and other staples .
One of the many reasons for the failure of the attempted Japanese pacification of the Philippines during their 1941 -- 1945 occupation was their indifference to the basics of the Filipino economy .
The carabaos provided the necessary labor that allowed Philippines farmers to grow rice and other staples .
One of the many reasons for the failure of the attempted Japanese pacification of the Philippines during their 1941 -- 1945 occupation was their indifference to the basics of the Filipino economy .