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PRESS RELEASE: On World Hunger Day: Food on the table and support for our farmers, not corporate capture! Resist the unjust system and strengthen our alternatives towards just and sustainable food systems!

October 16, 2026

by MASIPAG National Office

Some tables do not have food, and many farmers do not own the land they till. That is why hunger is not just an abstract concept or an individual problem, it is a crisis brought about by systemic issues. As we commemorate World Hunger Day, Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG) stands […]

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗨𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲

August 8, 2026

by MASIPAG National Office

Thirteen years ago today, on 8 August 2013, farmers, Indigenous Peoples, rural women, youth, scientists, environmental advocates, and local communities gathered in Camarines Sur to uproot the field trial of genetically modified (GM) Golden Rice. More than an act of protest, the uprooting was a collective assertion that decisions capable of transforming agriculture, biodiversity, public […]

Farmers, Scientists, Chefs and Advocates Bring Fight Against UPOV to CHR Forum, Affirms Seed Sovereignty as a Human Right

July 2, 2026

by MASIPAG National Office

The Farmer-Scientist Partnership for Development (MASIPAG), together with Good Food Community, Gulay Na, the Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes (PNFSP), and other food and farmers’ rights advocates, led a dialogue on trade, food security, and human rights at the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), reiterating strong opposition to the expansion of intellectual property rights […]

Keep Oriental Mindoro GMO-Free: The Triple Planetary Crisis Calls for Farmer-Led Agroecology, Not Corporate-Controlled GM Technologies

June 26, 2026

by MASIPAG National Office

Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG), together with farmers’ organizations, environmental advocates, scientists, consumers, and faith-based groups, expresses grave concern over the ongoing review of Oriental Mindoro’s long-standing ban on genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Recent consultations facilitated by the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and […]