BULALACAO, ORIENTAL MINDORO – Eddie Uncay is a 47-year-old Hanunoo tribe member from Brgy. San Roque. He is an organic farmer and has been leading the community’s organization, the Samahang Pangkabuhayan sa Lagnas (SAPALA), for almost 6 years. The Hanunoo have a generation-long practice of farming and have explored and developed different farming practices, rituals, […]
For the Dumagat People, maintaining their indigenous way of land cultivation and farming is their way of preserving their rich cultural history and honoring their ancestors while also enriching their indigenous way of life as time goes by. Amid the false promises of a ”modernization” in their ancestral forests through development aggression, the Dumagat People […]
In the first half of 2022, MASIPAG Luzon, with the local farmer-trainors, re-visits the farmers and their organizations in the island of Palawan after years of pandemic-induced restrictions. People’s organizations (PO) in the island continue to address the challenges of the pandemic, agricultural crisis, and climate change through sustainable farming. Despite the devastating typhoon that […]
JUNE 2022 | People’s Organizations from Gabay sa Bagong Pagasa Warding, Macayocayo, Managos and Banaban in Bayambang of the Provincial Consultative Body (PCB) Pangasinan have successfully bed-out MASIPAG organic rice seeds in their respective farms. Through trial farming, PCB Pangasinan ensures that their practices for sustainable farming intensify and advance. Apart from the continuous trial […]
MASIPAG (Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura, Farmer-Scientist Partnership), is a nationwide network of farmers’ organizations, scientists, and non-government organizations working to empower resource-poor Filipino farmers through their control of seeds and biological resources, agricultural production and technologies, and associated knowledge. MASIPAG Mindanao is looking for a passionate individual with a high sense […]
