Today’s View : Organic Foods Festival
By DON J. PAGUSARA Davao Today Amidst the raging militarization in the countryside, our farmers under the MASIPAG (Makabayan Syentipiko Para sa AGrikultura) Movement have been sweating it out to…
TWILIGHT FISHING. A fisherman casts his net at nightfall in Naawan, Misamis Oriental. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
Big fishing vessels seen in Davao City’s municipal fishing waters
Some 100 fishermen from the coastal village of Lasang, this city, sought the help of the Sangguniang Panglunsod Tuesday to curb regular encroachment of big vessels in the coastal waters that they claimed has robbed them of their chance to catch fish in this part of the Davao Gulf.
Department of Agriculture XI Regional Director Remelyn Recoter.
DA-XI seeks Php 1-B for rehab of Pablo-hit farms
By TYRONE A. VELEZ Davao Today Davao City-- The Department of Agriculture (DA) Region XI is seeking Php 1 billion to rehabilitate damaged farms and plant various crops in an…
The price is rice : Angry women picket NFA
Emerciana Alo, a 65-year-old resident, said her family could hardly afford to buy rice now, with many family members without work and grandchildren under her care.
ADVOCATES AGAINST GMO
Dr. Chito Medina of farmers support network MASIPAG (left) and Atty. Lee Aurelo of Third World Network (center) call for local and national laws to stop genetic-modified crops in the country for its negative effects on health, income and organic crops. They were resource persons in a forum last Thursday at Lispher Inn with City Councilors to discuss the banning of GMOs. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Law on Golden Rice ban urged
Non-government organizations supporting organic food and farms want local and national laws to ban genetically-modified crops such as the controversial Golden Rice for its detrimental effect to health and farmers’ income.
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