Organic producers in Davao City are saying that the support shown to them by the city government is sending them a mixed feeling of happiness and hope.
For the past many years, organic farmers have been left out of the picture of government agricultural priorities as the thriving market for synthetic agri-chemicals and other inputs have allegedly been benefiting even the agencies concerned with farming like the Department of Agriculture.
Some 115,000 Grade I public school pupils nationwide will be supplied with locally-produced milk by dairy farmers beginning opening of school year this year. According to the Department of Agriculture…
Mothers feeding their infants with condensed milk. A flea from a buffalo is considered a cure for toothache. The sick crossing rivers and climbing mountains to get to a nearest hospital. Most pregnant women not being able to see a midwife, let alone a doctor. These are the stories from poor communities that a health group gathered in its attempt to diagnose the state of people’s health in Mindanao.
By Cheryll D. Fiel
davaotoday.com
DAVAO CITY ? The conventional wisdom is that, poverty being so widespread in the Philippines, the state of health of poor Filipinos leaves much to be desired. In Mindanao, where most of the country?s poorest provinces are located, the problem is particularly more acute.
A recent survey conducted by the nongovernment health group Community Based Health Services Association (CBHSA) affirmed many of the sad realities of the Philippine health care system, particularly in Mindanao. Many of the afflictions Mindanaoans suffer were preventable, the study found out, but these diseases became chronic and incurable because of the widespread poverty and lack of health services.
MANILA — The Philippines is now Asia?s largest rice importer as a result of agricultural trade liberalization coupled with state neglect, and this threatens the country?s food security and sufficiency, according to independent think-tank IBON Foundation.
The Davao region being the Philippines’s banana capital, we thought we should share with you this funny movie trailer about the fruit — with Mark Lapid in the supporting role. Enjoy!