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PRESS STATEMENT Philippine Food Security at a Crossroads: Urgent Action Demanded to Secure Our Rice Future MANILA, Philippines – June 7, 2025 – “We were again let down by the National Food Authority (NFA) in Tarlac as it adamantly refused to buy our palay, despite the manager’s promise to purchase it during a dialogue with […]

According to a recent Manila Times news online report and DWIZ Online News TV, the Philippines has become the world’s leading rice importer quoting a detailed landmark policy paper, “Philippines is a Rice Deficit Country: The Challenges, Policy Innovations, and Strategic Interventions,” released by the Integrated Rural Development Foundation (IRDF). https://www.manilatimes.net/2025/06/11/news/national/alarm-up-as-ph-becomes-worlds-top-rice-importer/2130957   Authored by former University […]

PROTECT RICE, SUPPORT SMALL FARMERS’ LIVELIHOODS AND ASSERT FOOD SOVEREIGNTY: A CALL TO ACTION ON WORLD FOOD DAY

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.

We are representatives of farmers and fishers, indigenous peoples and urban poor organizations, human rights advocates, environmentalists, Church leaders and civil society advocates.

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.

We, the men and women participants of the People’s Forum on Water held on May 3, 2012 in Manila parallel to the Asian Development Bank’s 45 Annual Governor’s Meeting.