by Maria Catherine Suba | Published Jun 27, 2026 | Latest News
By Franco Jose C. Baroña June 27, 2026 RETIRED University of the Philippines Los Baños professor and agricultural scientist Teodoro Mendoza said that the country’s food security cannot be achieved by increasing farm production alone but requires food...
by Maria Catherine Suba | Published Jun 25, 2026 | Latest News
by Franco Jose Barona, Manila Times June 26, 2026 The Integrated Rural Development Foundation (IRDF) said that the Philippine agriculture is trapped in a “four-decade stagnation” characterized by shrinking farm sizes, chronic underinvestment, and the...
by Maria Catherine Suba | Published Jun 24, 2026 | Latest News
The Philippine agriculture sector remains trapped in a “four-decade stagnation” characterized by shrinking farm sizes, chronic underinvestment, and the stranglehold of traders and middlemen over farmers, according to a comprehensive analysis presented by the...
by Maria Catherine Suba | Published Jun 24, 2026 | Latest News
Nagbabala si Jay Lacsamana, Team Leader ng Regenerative Coconut Carbon Communities (REGENCC) ng Institute for Rural Development Foundation (IRDF), na ang sabayang epekto ng climate chaos, pabagu-bagong presyo ng mga bilihin, kakulangan ng mga bagong magsasaka, at...
by Maria Catherine Suba | Published Jun 24, 2026 | Latest News
Iginiit ni Prof. Teodoro C. Mendoza, National Scientist at retiradong propesor ng University of the Philippines Los Baños, na hindi sapat ang simpleng pagpapataas ng ani upang maresolba ang krisis sa agrikultura ng Pilipinas. Sa halip, kailangan umano ng malawakang...
by Maria Catherine Suba | Published Jun 24, 2026 | Latest News
Farmers’ Own Money Still Out of Reach; Only 3.5% Registered to Benefit In a scathing testimony before a Senate hearing, the president of the Pambansang Kaisahan ng Magbubukid sa Pilipinas (PKMP), Eduardo Mora, laid bare a decades-old injustice: the billions of pesos...
