A Decade in MASIPAG: Ten Years of Serving Mindanao’s Farmers
DAVAO CITY, Philippines - I would love to start the year 2026 with a sense of hope as we celebrate a decade of serving the farmers of Mindanao. In this…
PCIJ REPORT | Farmers have died waiting: Malacañang reviews DAR’s flip flop on conversion of irrigated farmland
The Office of the President is reviewing a decision of the Department of Agrarian Reform that grants the application for land use conversion of L.N. Agustin Farms Inc. in La Castellana, Negros Occidental.
Mindanao farmers suffer big losses due to Rice Tariffication Law
Tenant farmers in Mindanao who practice conventional farming have been suffering the “worst effects” of the Republic Act No. 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), according to a research of farmers-scientists network, Masipag Mindanao.
Fr, Fausto "Pops" Tentorio, PIME (Photo courtesy of pravoslavie.ru)
Fr. Pops remembered, ‘He said we build heaven on earth’
The ninth death anniversary of Italian missionary Fr. Fausto ‘Pops’ Tentorio PIME will fall on October 17. While the quest for justice has dragged on this long, the young people, the Lumad and scholars he had supported will honor his legacy with a tribute for his being “a true servant of the people”.
A farmer in Sitio Dao, Barangay White Culaman, Kitaotao town, Bukidnon is dusting off rice grain before delivering it to the rice mill. Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com
Pandemic, rice imports, price controls killing farmers in North Cotabato
The low buying price brought by rice liberalization has been killing farmers and the local economy.