Like rats that feed on crops when no one is around, the Provincial Board of Cotabato approved the resolution which effectively lifts the ban on Open-Pit Mining in the province last Monday, 16 May 2022. In effect, this move is a rubber stamp act that intends to green-light the operations of SMI’s Tamapakan Gold and […]
ILOILO CITY | April 4, 2022 Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG), a farmer-scientist network, along with the Stop Golden Rice Network and other international and local civil society organizations, held a press conference to register the people’s intense opposition to IRRI’s Golden Rice unwanted, impractical and possibly dangerous entry in our […]
On April 4, the International Rice Research Institute, the main pushers of Golden Rice and Green Revolution technologies, culprits behind the erosion of farmers’ knowledge and genetic diversity, and ushers of corporations in pursuit of full control of seeds and agriculture will be celebrating its 62nd anniversary. High-tech yet simplistic solutions peddled by IRRI such […]
Ang Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura o MASIPAG ay buong nakikiisa sa paglulunsad ng International Women’s Day. ‘Pagkat dahil interes ng maliliit na magsasaka ang pangunahin itinataguyod ng MASIPAG bilang pundasyon ng pagpapaunlad ng kanayunan, kaakibat nito ang pagpapahalaga sa potensyal ng bawat isa upang mamuno, ano man ang kanyang lahi o […]
Los Banos, Laguna – Last November 5, 2021, Magsasaka at Siyentipiko Para sa Pag-Unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG), a farmer-scientist network, held the Gawad Ben Ramos, an awarding ceremony to honor the memory and body of work of the late Atty. Benjamin Ramos. Atty. Ben Ramos, an accomplished activist and human rights lawyer, was a long-time […]
