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A fisherfolk group called on the national government to certify House Bill 1112 or the National Farmers’ Day bill as urgent.

Discount vouchers are not enough.

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.

In time for the celebration of Peasant Day, Gabriela Women’s partylist renewed its call for the prioritization of legislative measures that will “develop” the rice industry and alleviate the suffering of “poverty-stricken” agricultural workers in the Philippines.

Progressive groups slammed Senator Cynthia Villar after she publicly insinuated that farmers and fisherfolk “do not understand” climate change.

There are various ways to resolve the “worsening” food crisis in the Philippines.

Progressive groups renewed their calls for former senator Leila De Lima’s immediate release after a hostage-taking incident at the Camp Crame Custodial Center on Sunday, Oct. 9.

A peasant group on Sunday, Oct. 2, once again called on the national government to provide much-needed compensation to cyclone-affected farmers and fishermen.

Filipino farmers urged the administration to discontinue “costly” importation and strengthen the country’s local rice production.

Farmers expressed their fear of wider agricultural trade deficit amid the further declining rate of peso.

Filipino farmers continue to reject the Golden Rice project, reiterating that this “unnecessary and unwanted corporate experiment” may endanger not only farmers but also consumers and the environment.

Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) called the appointment of presidential son and Ilocos Norte 1st District Rep. Sandro Marcos as senior deputy majority leader of the Lower House “nepotism to the highest level.”

Farmers slammed President and Department of Agriculture (DA) Chief Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s proposal to prioritize the implementation of farm-to-market network system, calling it a “magnet for corruption.”

Aiming to address the “root” of social strife due to landlessness and poverty, Makabayan representatives, together with peasant and fisherfolk leaders refiled the Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill (GARB) in the 19th Congress.

A day after Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. took his oath as the 17th President of the Philippines, peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) presented their demands for the agriculture sector, adding that all of these are “doable” within the first 100 days of the new administration.

Intending to help resolve the ongoing the food crisis, peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) announced that they will be laying down dozen “concrete and doable demands” that president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s administration can accomplish within the first 100 days.

Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Monday evening, June 20, rejected president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as the Department of Agriculture’s Secretary, claiming that Marcos will only worsen hunger in the country.

Farmers’ group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Monday, June 20, refuted various claims, reiterating that planting food is not a crime and supporting farmers is not a criminal act.