I am Bryan, 23-years old, from the Philippines. I am the eldest son of a farming family. My mother Maricel has been a widow for 14 years now. She tills two hectares of rice farm. In 2018, we joined the DICADI Agriculture Cooperative (DACO). For more than a year now, I have been a volunteer […]
It is commonly believed that young people have no future in farming, but for me, it is the opposite. I have been engaged in farming through the Golden Parauma Agriculture Cooperative. Joining the cooperative opened me up to a whole new viewpoint of how my food is produced and raised my respect for the people […]
I am Daniel Ligmon from Sumilao, Bukidnon, Philippines. In 2008, my mother joined the “WALK for LAND, WALK for JUSTICE”, a movement lead by Sumilao farmers with the goal is to obtain the 144 hectares of land that San Miguel Corporation planned to turn into a piggery farm. The farmers who joined the movement walked […]
For so long I couldn’t imagine myself being a farmer. Until now, it still feels surreal sometimes. I can still remember the day I embraced the life of a young agriculturist. I will never forget the scorching heat from the sun that burns my skin while working in the field and the thorns that pierce […]
I am Hyacinth Bangero, a young Filipino farmer who was raised by a teacher and a farmer. At age 27, I wear several hats and one of them is being a farmer. I do not have formal training in managing farmlands, but my education was supported through the produce of our farmland managed by my […]
I am Alar-laa Joy Cagata, an aspiring young farmer from Iloilo, Philippines. I come from a family of farmers. Whenever I look at my old parents, I always see hope in agriculture. Due to poverty, at six, I was already helping them on the farm tilling, planting, weeding, and harvesting palay, almost every day. One […]
Pagbangon is On: 2021 KLMPE Video Contest on Building Back Better of Family Farmers in the midst of Pandemic ENTRIES Theme: “Building back better towards resilient, inclusive and sustainable rural development” MECHANICS 1. Post a two to three-minute video (of any approach/type; can be a vlog, TikTok video, music video, etc. preferably […]
2021 Knowledge Learning Market and Policy Engagement (KLMPE) “Building back better towards resilient, inclusive and sustainable rural development” 9-10 December 2021 | 08:00 – 17:00 GMT+8 Philippine time | Zoom REGISTER Background and Rationale Thirteen years and counting, the Knowledge Learning Market and Policy Engagement (KLMPE) has been the platform for government agencies, civil society […]
