World Food Program, partner assess feeding program in Cotabato town

By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Pikit town received a total of 30,816 bags of rice and 444 bags of beans for the whole duration of the feeding program.  WFP has allocated a total of 124,918 bags of rice and 2,505 bags of beans for the whole province.

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Golden Rice is GMO; stop field testing, gov’t urged

By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today The Magsasaka at Siyentipiko pasa sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (Masipag), in a statement released to the media, said the Golden Rice is “genetically modified” as it is “artificially inserted” with genes from the bacteria Erwinia uredovora and corn so it can produce beta carotene, a precursor of Vitamin A.

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Peasants to Aquino: stop militarization, pass genuine agrarian reform

By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “Human sa tulo ka adlaw namong panagtigum sa mokabat 73 ka mga lider mag-uuma sa tibuok rehiyon nakita ang daghang kasong natala nga nakapasamot sa kalisud sa mga mag-uuma (After three days of gathering by 73 leaders from the region we found out a number of cases recorded that push farmers to severe poverty),” Arnado said during an interview with davaotoday.com.

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