Local Processing and Marketing Support is provided to member organizations that are engaged in PO-managed processing and marketing initiatives. It aims to support farmers’ livelihood means while maintaining and promoting sustainable agriculture and food systems
In order to further such objectives, MASIPAG Farmers’ Guarantee System (MFGS), the first Participatory Guarantee System, was launched in 2004 as a means to promote and to give just recognition to farmers’ organic products and practices. MFGS follows an Internal Quality Control Systems to maintain the quality and integrity of its products.
Tulad ng nakasanayan tuwing mayroong mga gawain online, kaniya-kaniyang hanap ng mapupwestuhan para sa nakatakdang pagsasanay ang mga lider kababaihan mula sa mga samahang magsasaka sa Nueva Ecija. Dumalo at aktibong nakibahagi sa dalawang araw na palihan sa business planning/workshop ang mga samahan ng Gabay sa Bagong Pag asa ng Barangay Bagong Sikat, Cuyapa, Bugnan […]
Mandaluyong City – President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent statement that the Philippines cannot achieve rice self sufficiency has disappointed the agricultural sector, particularly groups that are pushing for sustainable agricultural production. MASIPAG, a farmer-scientist network advancing food security and farmer empowerment through the sustainable use and conservation of local biological resources, believes that with the appropriate […]
MASIPAG joined the meeting of the steering committee for the first Asia Pacific Farmer’s Forum as INOFO representative. The meeting was held in Bangkok last May 29 and participated by representatives from regional and global organizations of peasants, fishers and small-holders. The Farmer’s Forum is a bottom-up process of consultation and dialogue between small-farmers, IFAD […]
PGS Pilipinas, the country-wide alliance of PGS practitioners and advocates, has released a video showcasing the benefits of PGS among small-scale farmers and producers in the Philippines. Watch the video here.
Greater Noida, India – Organic farming associations the world over joined the 19th IFOAM Organic World Congress (OWC), where significant policy issues as well as organizational matters were discussed. Ten MASIPAG farmers and staff actively participated in the OWC, as well as the various pre-conferences by different self-organized structures such as the General Assembly of […]
