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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
