Category: MASIPAG Regions

Sharing Community: From Philippines to Brazil Towards Farmer Empowerment

October 25, 2023

by MASIPAG National Office

Sharing community is alive even among organizations from different parts of the world.  A testament to this was the lively and meaningful exchange between MASIPAG and Centro Ecologico (Brazil) when Gabriel Meirelles visited the MASIPAG National Back Up Farm (NBUF) in Nueva Ecija on October 20-21, 2023.  As fellow partner organizations of the Swedish Society […]

Of the Abundance of Nutrients and Culture in the Indigenous Corn Fields of Mindoro, Philippines – MASIPAG Luzon’s Annual Regional Conference of Corn

October 12, 2023

by MASIPAG National Office

From September 12 to 14, MASIPAG Luzon spearheaded by its farmer leaders, conducted the MASIPAG Regional Corn Conference in Oriental Mindoro. During the three-day conference, local and indigenous farmer members of MASIPAG discussed and exchanged knowledge regarding farmer-led agroecological corn farming. A corn expedition, in a bid to retrieve and revitalize the traditional corn seeds […]

Farmer Empowerment: Strongest Foundation of Purposeful Partnerships

October 10, 2023

by MASIPAG National Office

In photo: Farmers and Staff of MASIPAG along with Caritas Dalat from Vietnam in the fields of MASIPAG National Back-up Farm. September 2023 Among many partnerships forged through different learning exchange platforms, farmer empowerment seems to be the most sound indicator of measuring the success of such engagements. As such, MASIPAG and Caritas Da Lat […]

Farmers’ Field Day in the MASIPAG Trial Farm in Central Philippines, a Platform of Farmer and Student Solidarity for Food and Seed Sovereignty

October 10, 2023

by MASIPAG National Office

VISAYAS – Together with farmers from Capiz and Northern Iloilo, the Farmers’ Field Day (FFD) was successfully held at the established Rice Trial Farm at the MASIPAG Farmers’ Agroecological Research Farm (backup farm) in San Dionisio, Iloilo last October 7, 2023. FFD is a long-held tradition within MASIPAG wherein farmers’ organizations open their trial farms […]

Intensifying Farmers’ initiatives for seed, food security & climate resilience one Trial Farm at a time

September 29, 2023

by MASIPAG National Office

Did you know that MASIPAG currently has a total of 2,180 rice collection? Most impressively, it is the small farmers who lead the conservation, production and improvement of seeds through the Trial Farm strategy and farmer-led breeding. Through Trial Farm, People’s Organizations (POs) conserve at least 50 rice varieties/selections. From these, they are able to […]