Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman is pushing for legislation that would complete the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) by facilitating its second phase. House Bill (HB) No.223, which Roman filed, institutes the second phase of the CARP, which includes the distribution of...
The House of Representatives has given its penultimate approval to a measure seeking the emancipation of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) from P58 billion worth of debt stemming from the award of agricultural lands under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). The House plenary...
Local farmers, fisherfolks reject EO 171 extension By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT Farmer and fisherfolk organizations were dismayed over the planned extension of Executive Order No. 171, saying it is killing local food producers. EO 171 temporarily modified the rates of import duty on various products,...
Malacanang has already given its go signal for the Senate to “concur” the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which failed to pass in the previous Senate during the Duterte administration on strong opposition from various farmer groups. Trade and Industry...
A party-list leader has committed to continue supporting Filipino farmers via legislation in a bid to strengthen the agriculture sector and achieve food security. (MANILA BULLETIN) Robert Nazal of MAGSASAKA Party-list made this affirmation last Nov. 9 in front of the participants of Luzon-wide...
The world’s farming population is growing older. In the Philippines, the average age of a farmer is already 57, according to the Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Training Institute (DA-ATI) in 2013. Workers at a rice paddy. (Photo from: Tim Shepherd/Unsplash) Agriculture boomed after the...
In an open letter to the Philippine delegates to the 27th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, various civil society organizations in the country recommended the inclusion of Agroecology on the agenda to address the ongoing...
Discount vouchers are not enough. This was according to peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) who said that apart from the government’s fertilizer discount vouchers, a P15,000 production subsidy is also “necessary,” reiterating that farmers also “need cash.” (Manila...
Magsasaka Party-list continues to push for the passage of a bill that seeks the condonation of debt burdens and amortizations accrued by agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs). Sugarcane farmers (Manila Bulletin File Photo) “Condoning the debts now of the agrarian reform beneficiaries will not only...
ALCALA, Cagayan – Three farmers drowned while fishing on the Cagayan River here on All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1. The Task Force Lingkod Cagayan (TFLC) identified the victims as Felipe Pulido, 54, his son, Jonathan, 30, and Renato Tabarejo. 54. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito is now seeking the passage into law of a measure that would protect small farmers and their crops from the impact of natural disasters. Ejercito filed Senate Bill No. 390 proposing to automatically place all planters with eight hectares of farmland and below...
Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Sunday, Oct. 23, urged the administration to appoint a competent agriculture secretary, reiterating the need to strengthen the Philippine agricultural sector. “It is obvious that the President cannot fulfill his task as the agriculture...
