Since Filipino farmers still face challenges that need government intervention to move forward, Senator Cynthia A. Villar said that all her legislations were geared to improve their earnings and standard of living. “That is why I made it my goal to uplift the lives of Filipino farmers in every...
Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion on Thursday, April 27, is prodding Congress to review the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) to allow farmers to use agrarian lands as collateral to access loans from banks. Joey Concepcion (Photo from Go Negosyo via Facebook) He observed that under the...
Amid the challenges faced by the agriculture sector, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, April 25, welcomed members of private agribusinesses to hear their recommendations about how to create a sustainable and business-conducive industry. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr....
LAGUNA – The provincial government turned over agricultural machinery and equipment to 30 farmer cooperatives and associations at the Laguna Provincial Capitol in Sta. Cruz on Monday, April 17. The distribution was made possible through the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF)...
Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) denounced the National Food Authority’s (NFA) proposal to import at least 330,000 metric tons of rice in hopes of addressing the projected shortage in local rice production. For KMP, the national government’s solution heading towards this...
A Philippine funding proposal on “Adapting Philippine Agriculture to Climate Change” was approved by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) during its 35th Board Meeting held in Songdo, Incheon in the Republic of Korea on March, 16. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), GCF,...
For Filipino farmers, hybrid seeds are no longer needed for the country to achieve rice self-sufficiency. Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) hit the national government’s plan to maximize the use of hybrid seeds, calling it “more disadvantageous than helpful.” (Manila...
Gabriela on Friday, Feb. 17, restated the consequences of “too much” importation, stressing that it harms local production of agricultural goods and displaces small-scale farmers. Gabriela Women’s Partylist Representative Arlene Brosas said the national government’s plan to import 440,000...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda celebrated on Wednesday, February 1 her birthday by launching the ‘’Bayong-All-You-Can’’ program in the Senate and distributed 2.5 tons of rescue produce through Rural Rising (RuRi) Philippines. Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda, who...
A fisherfolk group called on the national government to certify House Bill 1112 or the National Farmers’ Day bill as urgent. The bill, which was filed by the Makabayan bloc, seeks to declare Jan. 22 of every year as a special working holiday to honor and remember the 13 farmers killed in...
Kenny Rogers Roasters presents the fruit of its Farmvocacy campaign While it is an essential industry during the pandemic, the local food scene is still one of the most affected. Apart from the food brands and restaurateurs, Filipino farmers are among the many who fight their ways to survive...
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...
