Category: News

Tboli group works to restore indigenous crops, methods in Soccsksargen

August 29, 2023

by MASIPAG National Office

Originally published in davaotoday.com by LUCELLE F. BONZO , August 21, 2023 INDIGENOUS FARMING. Tboli farmers working on a farm in the Soccsksargen region. (Photo courtesy of Welna Samulde) DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Erratic weather patterns do not bother Ranel Samulde, a 44-year-old Tboli farmer in the Soccsksargen region while he waits for the palay he planted […]

EVENT | FEELING CLIMATE CHANGE TO THE BONE

August 23, 2023

by MASIPAG National Office

Event Details Date: 6 September 2023 at 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Philippine Time The work and understanding of climate change are heavily based on technocentric frames where the voices of vulnerable communities most affected are largely ignored. There is an urgent need to give a platform to those communities for whom climate change is […]

PRESS STATEMENT | Strengthen Local Production Not Over Reliance to Importation, as Answer to Rice Crisis – MASIPAG 

August 17, 2023

by MASIPAG National Office

According to the Department of Agriculture (DA), the country is expecting a price decrease for rice following the government’s continuing talks with the major rice importing countries Vietnam and India. With an intention to import 500,000 metric tons of rice for this year, the clamor to holistically strengthen our own rice industry through farmer-led agroecology […]