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MASIPAG’s Call For Action on the Anniversary of the Bhopal Tragedy: Climate Justice and Phasing Out Highly Hazardous Pesticides at COP28

December 3, 2023

by MASIPAG National Office

On this day in 1984, the quiet city of Bhopal in India was turned into a massive gas chamber after a gas leak from the US subsidiary-owned pesticide factory Union Carbide India Ltd which claimed 3,000 lives, with 25,000 more dead in the aftermath. Called as the biggest industrial accident in living memory, 39 years […]

Job Opportunity: South Central Mindanao Area Coordinator

November 20, 2023

by MASIPAG National Office

MASIPAG (Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura, Farmer-Scientist Partnership), is a nationwide network of farmers’ organizations, scientists, and non-government organizations working to empower resource-poor Filipino farmers through their control of seeds and biological resources, agricultural production and technologies, and associated knowledge. MASIPAG Mindanao is looking for a passionate individual with a high sense […]

Farmers to PhilRice: Uphold Rice Science For and By Filipino Farmers, Stop Promoting Golden Rice and other Corporate-owned Technofix Solutions

November 7, 2023

by MASIPAG National Office

On DA-PhilRice 38th founding anniversary, farmer-led network Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG) calls to PhilRice to uphold genuine rice science by abandoning the path of corporate science and its technofix solutions, chemical-intensive agriculture, and capital-driven models in favor of the vibrant and resilient alternatives offered by peasant science and farmer-led agroecology.  […]

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MASIPAG’s Call For Action on the Anniversary of the Bhopal Tragedy: Climate Justice and Phasing Out Highly Hazardous Pesticides at COP28

December 3, 2023

by MASIPAG National Office

On this day in 1984, the quiet city of Bhopal in India was turned into a massive gas chamber after a gas leak from the US subsidiary-owned pesticide factory Union Carbide India Ltd which claimed 3,000 lives, with 25,000 more dead in the aftermath. Called as the biggest industrial accident in living memory, 39 years […]

MASIPAG on 19th year since Hacienda Luisita Massacre: Genuine Agrarian Reform is Peace

November 16, 2023

by MASIPAG National Office

Magsasaka at Siyentipiko Para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG) is one with the Filipino people in remembering the Hacienda Luisita Massacre, a dark chapter in our nation’s history that starkly exposes the failures of the Philippines’ agrarian reform policies as well as overall welfare of agricultural workers. Claiming the lives of seven farmers, persecuting and […]

MASIPAG’s challenge to political aspirants amid the local barangay election – Forward Farmer-led Agroecology, Farmers’ Rights, and Food Sovereignty!

October 28, 2023

by MASIPAG National Office

We stand at a crucial juncture in our local barangays and communities, where the decisions made in the upcoming barangay election shall shape the future we leave for generations to come. As candidates running for the upcoming barangay elections, Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG) urge our barangay official hopefuls to rise […]