Poverty

Fighting rural poverty key to elimination of hazardous child labour in agriculture

Today is World Day Against Child Labour

GENEVA ? The theme 2007 being on elimination of child labour in agriculture, especially the worst forms, the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) is pleased to join the International Labour Office (ILO) and other partners to sign a Declaration of intent on cooperation on child labour in agriculture. ?Let?s be clear,” said the Secretary General of IFAP David King during his address at the Signing Ceremony, “child labour in agriculture is a rural poverty issue and has to be handled with rural development driven solutions.?

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CARP’s land distribution data found dubious

"The many ways for landlords to evade CARP, even as government reports increasing land distribution, shows how this so-called agrarian reform program is less about genuinely breaking the domination of landlords and rural elites over land than undercutting peasant resistance to land monopoly in the countryside through the implementation of spurious land reform," Ibon Foundation says.

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Poor families in Davao City, ComVal top payers of livelihood loan

DAVAO CITY — Poor families in Davao City Poblacion and District 2 in Compostela Valley are the winners in paying loans provided through the Self-Employment Assistance Kaunlaran Program (SEA-K) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Arlene L. Morpus, DSWD project development officer revealed that Davao City Poblacion East and West tied with ComVal?s Maco, Mabini, Nabunturan and Mawab at a high 95% repayment rate.

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Philippines underscores importance of education in alleviating poverty

MANILA — Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesperson Ignacio R. Bunye underscored today the importance of providing Filipino students with quality but affordable education as a way of alleviating poverty in the country.
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