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Groups slams Global Hybrid Rice Program: Call for IRRI’s closure |
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Written by MASIPAG
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Wednesday, 14 October 2009 |
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PRESS RELEASE October 14, 2009 Groups slams Global Hybrid Rice Program Call for IRRI’s closure In a joint statement today, the MASIPAG (Farmers and Scientist for Development of Agriculture), GRAIN (Genetic Resources Action International), KMP (Peasant Movement of the Philippines) and APC (Asian Peasant Coalition), slams global hybrid rice program and call for the closure of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). |
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Back to Traditional Farming to Beat Climate Change |
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Written by Masipag in the Media
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Friday, 09 October 2009 |
ENVIRONMENT: Back to Traditional Farming to Beat Climate Change
By Anil Netto*
PENANG, Malaysia, Oct 9 (IPS/IFEJ) - When organisers of an international conference on climate change and the food crisis first scheduled the event here for late September, little did they realise the event would be sandwiched by two typhoons buffeting the region. Ironically, the first typhoon, ‘Ketsana’, delayed the arrival of conference delegates from the Philippines.
A week after Ketsana struck the Philippines on Sep. 26 and then Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, it was the turn of Typhoon Parma to wreak havoc in the Philippines on Oct. 3. Now downgraded to a tropical storm, ‘Parma’ is still lingering over the region and initially entangled with another Pacific super typhoon, ‘Melor’, which then headed towards Japan.
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Farmers produce own rice varieties |
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Written by Clarice Colting-Pulumbarit
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Thursday, 08 October 2009 |
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LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA—One need not be highly educated to be successful in plant breeding, the head of a farmer-scientist network says. All it requires are a pair of small sharp scissors, flowering rice plants, a small parcel of land, the ability to write, and a bit of training from experts of the Magsasaka’t Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura or Masipag. A keen interest and enthusiasm also go a long way, says Dr. Charito Medina, director of the Masipag national secretariat based in Los Baños town in Laguna province. In its 22 years of existence, Masipag has proven that farmers are effective rice breeders. It has taught farmers how to breed their own rice varieties driven by two reasons, Medina says. |
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