Much has been said about the herbicide glyphosate over the last decade. The growing global movement against the toxic herbicide primarily led by farmers and sustainable agriculture practitioners are now fighting back. Now, the call to ban glyphosate is louder than ever. In the Philippines, the use of glyphosate is tied with the use of […]
Ang MASIPAG ay naghahanap ng mga pananaliksik patungkol sa agrikultura, alinsunod sa mga sumusunod na patnubay. Ang Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura o MASIPAG ay isang network na pinangungunahan ng mga magsasaka mula sa mga people’s organizations, siyentista, at non-government organizations na magkakatuwang tungo sa sa likas-kayang paggamit at pangangasiwa ng laksang […]
(Released today in commemoration of the International Day of Protest Against Golden Rice, now in its 7th year) The push for corporate-led solutions to hunger and malnutrition is alarming. In particular, Golden Rice is now being proposed as a solution to the worsening hunger and malnutrition associated with the pandemic. Agrochemical transnationals (TNCs) and collaborating institutions […]
Stop Golden Rice Network, an Asia-wide campaign network of organizations campaigning against Golden Rice, hosted an online forum on the state of hunger and malnutrition, and the corporate agenda on agriculture in the time of the pandemic yesterday, August 5, through a live broadcast on their Facebook page. Titled “From Gates to your Plates,” the […]
In the advent of catastrophic flooding experienced by provinces in Luzon, farmer-scientist network Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG) calls on authorities to investigate the rampant cultivation of genetically modified (GM) corn and accompanying herbicide Glyphosate in Cagayan that contributed to the heavy flooding in the province. In the course of two […]
Makabuluhan ang development work o gawaing pangkaunlaran sa pagbibigay solusyon sa mga matagal nang problema ng mga mamamayan, lalo na ng mga magsasaka sa kanayunan. Ayon sa United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development, susi ang right to development sa pagkamit sa iba pang karapatang pantao ng mga mamamayan. Dahil pundamental ito sa ating […]
The United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP) has sounded the alarm over the possibility of worldwide “mega-famines.” Dubbed as “double pandemic,” the UN body signaled that a “hunger pandemic” might come after the health pandemic brought by COVID-19 if governments and important actors will not take action for food security, leaving more than 900 million […]
Thursday last week the Agriculture Department Secretary, Mr. William Dar announced that his agency is endorsing the proposal of agri-business firm AgriNurture Inc (ANI) to “develop” idle indigenous lands to boost corn production by mixing it with rice. This according to Secretary Dar is in response to looming food gaps exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
