COP30 in Belém has ended. Yet what lingers is not what was agreed, but what was conspicuously absent. The Just Transition Mechanism was announced, and the Global Mutirão was celebrated, but agriculture, food systems, land, and the farmers who sustain them were once more excluded from the center of climate decision-making. Their absence hangs heavily, […]
Belém, Brazil – With the most grounded climate discussions happening outside COP30’s heavily securitized halls, MASIPAG along with Asian and Latin American grassroots groups gathered at the People’s Summit also known as People’s COP, a civil society-led counterevent, to underscore farmer-led agroecology as a central pillar of climate justice. The event drew more than sixty […]
Farmer-led network Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG) pays tribute to the farmers who were killed in Hacienda Luisita massacre, 21 years ago. The call for accountability and justice continues as those who are responsible for the crime have never been punished and as farmers and farmworkers in the country continue being […]
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Department of Agriculture’s Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA–PhilRice). As climate disasters, economic crises, and rising import dependence continue to deepen the vulnerabilities of Filipino farmers, farmer-led network Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG) calls on PhilRice to abandon a kind of rice science that advances […]
“We understand of course that maybe total change in society will not be achieved during our lifetime. At least we know that we spend our lives for the future generations” These were the words of Atty. Ben Ramos in one of his interviews—a reflection of his unwavering commitment to justice and collective struggle. Today, farmer-led […]
