COVID-19 trolls and truth telling
The Corona Virus Disease 19 (Covid 19) can be considered as a litmus test for all of us. We witnessed how governments respond to such pandemic, and we as humans treat each other.
PORK IS SAFE. Meat vendors at Bankerohan Market place a tarpaulin to assure consumers that their pork is safe amidst the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Davao City. (Leo XL Fuentes/davaotoday.com)
PORK IS SAFE
Meat vendors at Bankerohan Market place a tarpaulin to assure consumers that their pork is safe amidst the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Davao City. (Leo XL Y. Fuentes Jr./davaotoday.com)
ASF in Davao and a weak livestock industry
The past week was devastating as African Swine Fever (ASF) claimed the lives of pigs and livelihood of Davaoeño hog-raisers noting at least 3,000 hogs were culled to prevent further spread. Farmers along Calinan district and nearby communities were worried as backyard hog-raising is one of their sources of income.
Exporting organic, importing bukbok rice and critical engagement
The recent program of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDa) through its so-called Mindanao Organic Rice Council exposes the outright bankruptcy of this government in terms of Rice sufficiency.
2019 Deadly year for Filipino farmers and Philippine agriculture
2019 is a deadly year for Filipino farmers and catastrophic to Philippine agriculture. In a recent study by international advocacy group Pesticide Action Network-Asia Pacific (PAN-AP), Philippines ranked as the top country dangerous to land rights advocates especially farmers and Indigenous People.