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 (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 […]
Today, we mark the 10th anniversary of Typhoon Yolanda, one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded. On November 8, 2013, Yolanda made landfall in the Philippines, bringing with it devastating winds and storm surges. The typhoon caused widespread destruction, killing more than 6,300 people and displacing millions more. Climate change is making typhoons more intense […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Today, we mark the 10th anniversary of Typhoon Yolanda, one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded. On November 8, 2013, Yolanda made landfall in the Philippines, bringing with it devastating winds and storm surges. The typhoon caused widespread destruction, killing more than 6,300 people and displacing millions more. Climate change is making typhoons more intense […]
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 […]
