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Nearly 31% of Philippine cropland converted to built-up areas was located within legally protected zones
Nearly 31% of Philippine cropland converted to built-up areas was located within legally protected zones Rapid urbanization in the Philippines has…
Nanganganib ang food at energy security ng bansa habang nalilihis ang atensyon ng pamahalaan
Nagbabala si Dean Rene E. Ofreneo, dating Dean ng UP School of Labor and Industrial Relations, na nahaharap ang Pilipinas sa seryyosong banta sa…
Magsasakang Agroecology Practitioner sa Sorsogon: Pagbabago ng Mindset ang Susi sa Pag-angat ng Pagsasaka
SORSOGON — Naniniwala si Lorenzo Balbido, isang agroecology practitioner at katuwang ng Integrated Rural Development Foundation (IRDF) at Department…
Agro-Industrialization, Food Nationalism Key to Philippine Food Security, Says Expert
By Franco Jose C. Baroña June 27, 2026 RETIRED University of the Philippines Los Baños professor and agricultural scientist Teodoro Mendoza said…
Expert says PH agriculture stagnant
by Franco Jose Barona, Manila Times June 26, 2026 The Integrated Rural Development Foundation (IRDF) said that the Philippine agriculture is trapped…
PH Agriculture in ‘Four-Decade Stagnation’—IRDF Bares Structural Crisis, Calls for Break from Trader Control
The Philippine agriculture sector remains trapped in a “four-decade stagnation” characterized by shrinking farm sizes, chronic underinvestment, and…