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...
CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur -- Around P5 million worth of various agricultural farm machinery and equipment were given to various farmers’ groups and associations in the second district of Ilocos Sur by the Department of Agriculture-Ilocos Region. Photo via Zaldy Comanda The distribution and awarding...
The agricultural damage caused by Typhoons "Maymay" and "Neneng" has reached P583.45 million, the Department of Agriculture (DA) bared on Friday, Oct. 21. FLOOD caused by severe tropical storm ‘Neneng’ shuts down the Claveria Detour Bridge on the Manila North Road in Claveria, Cagayan on...
A total of 512 Bulakenyo farmers and fisherfolks graduated and received their certificates of completion from the Farmers’ Field School (FFS) and training courses during rites at the Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium in the City of Malolos on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Bulacan Governor Daniel R. Fernando said...
Progressive groups slammed Senator Cynthia Villar after she publicly insinuated that farmers and fisherfolk "do not understand" climate change. (Unsplash) In a public hearing for the proposed 2023 budget for the Department of Agriculture (DA), on Wednesday, Oct. 19, Villar hinted that “farmers...
Alliance of Filipino women, Gabriela, called on President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to prioritize fundamental agricultural reforms in time for the celebration of the International Day of Rural Women. Members of Gabriela joined the protest action led by peasant women organization AMIHAN at...
