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Results of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Cambodia have consistently proven that small farmers can increase rice production while reducing fertilizer, seed and water inputs. SRI has led to significant yield increases with both traditional and international rice varieties.

This is the latest listing of events posted in the Hongkong People’s Alliance on WTO website related to the Hongkong […]

Arguing that Hong Kong faces unprecedented security risks during next month's World Trade Organization talks, the government has asked the Legislative Council to give the chief of police sweeping powers to stop protests.

This is a good read about the WTO in Q&A format. A Q&A on the WTO, IMF, World Bank, and […]

I have embarked on a new personal journey as a farmer. I am passionate in my conviction that the only way to give Muslim Mindanao a fighting chance is through agriculture. I want to be one of those who try to take into effect small but effective ripples of positive perceptions about our homeland, especially now that our land is getting smaller everyday. I believe that we should develop our agricultural industry in Mindanao. I’m convinced that agriculture has the greatest potential to increase its productivity. since our Muslim farmers are blessed with typhoon free production areas and can be globally competitive. Our farmers can even plant and harvest all year round.

At 34, youthful-faced Father Osias Ibarreta Jr. seems both wise beyond his years and ahead of his time. A linguist, with a fondness for quoting stanzas of classical English verse in mid-conversation, the smiling priest’s eyes widen as he describes his vision of the Philippines’ future. To get there, these days he preaches sustainable agriculture as the long-term salvation of his congregation – the much beleagred Filipino farmer. As Executive Director of the Social Action Center of Tarlac (SACOT), one of a network of 88 diocesan centers forming the social action and development arm of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, Father Osias is a leading advocate of combating rural poverty with a bevy of holistic, environmentally-friendly farming practices, and for empowering farmers to thrive rather than simply survive.