by Domingo Ibanez | Published Jul 17, 2024 | Latest News, Links, Publications, Statements/Declarations
We hope this letter finds you well. We are writing to you with a heavy heart, compelled by the urgent and devastating situation unfolding in Maguindanao del Norte following a catastrophic flash flood on July 9, 2024. Maguindanao del Norte, nestled in the Bangsamoro...
by Domingo Ibanez | Published Jun 24, 2024 | Food Sovereignty, Latest News, Statements/Declarations
The Philippines Emerges as Southeast Asia’s Largest Rice Importer Amid Calls to Stop Rice Tariff Reduction and Repeal the Rice Trade Liberalization Law The Integrated Rural Development Foundation (IRDF) views with alarm the approval of the National Economic and...
by irdfadmin | Published Aug 26, 2019 | Statements/Declarations
A CALL TO ACTION ON WORLD FOOD DAY PROTECT RICE, SUPPORT SMALL FARMERS’ LIVELIHOODS AND ASSERT FOOD SOVEREIGNTY: A CALL TO ACTION ON WORLD FOOD DAY In observance of the International World Food Day, we in the Integrated Rural Development Foundation (IRDF) and the...
by irdfadmin | Published Dec 14, 2016 | Statements/Declarations
A Statement on the Effects of Typhoon Lando KaTrining is a farmer from the province of Cagayan, and a member of the farmer’s group KABAPA. She is a small producer tilling 2 hectares of land in Cabanatuan. Primarily planting rice, she is among those who fell victim to...
by irdfadmin | Published Dec 13, 2012 | Statements/Declarations
PEOPLE’S RESPONSE TO WATER PRIVATIZATION AND RESOURCE GRABBING: STRATEGIES TO RECLAIM WATER AND COMMONS BASIS OF UNITY We are representatives of farmers and fishers, indigenous peoples and urban poor organizations, human rights advocates, environmentalists, Church...
by irdfadmin | Published Nov 12, 2012 | Statements/Declarations
Statement of the Asia Pacific Network on Food Sovereignty We, the members of the Asia Pacific Network on Food Sovereignty, on the occasion of the Regional Meeting and Workshop on Food Price Volatility and Agriculture Issues in Quezon City, Philippines, on September...
