The group of indigenous farmers in the Philippines, who marched around 1,500 kilometers from Bukidnon province (south of the Philippines) to Metro Manila (north of the Philippines) for around 60 days, finally got to own the land they have been struggling for, after entering into a settlement agreement with San Miguel Corporation, the company who […]
“Land tenure security, effective and massive peasant organizations, and civil society alliances are imperatives to meaningful and broad land reform programs.” This was one of the messages during a global gathering of farmers and their supporters held in Rome recently. Speaking during the thematic workshop entitled “Access to Land: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities. Role and […]
(Introductory remarks by Crispin Aguelo, President of PAKISAMA, to a thematic workshop entitled: “Access to Land: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities. Role and Perspectives of Farmers’ and Rural Producers’ Organizations”, held in Rome, February 2008.) Good morning colleagues in the agrarian reform movement! I am Crispin Aguelo, President of PAKISAMA or National Movement of Peasant Organizations […]
Leaders of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) will join around 80 other farmer leaders from around the world for the second global meeting of the Farmers’ Forum that will take place on February 11-12, 2008 in conjunction with the thirty-first session of International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) Governing Council.
A group of indigenous farmers from southern Philippines went on a 60-day march to Manila to reclaim 144 hectares of ancestral land that they lost 10 years ago after it was converted into commercial use and exempted from the land reform program, in favour of a big landowner in the province.
The indigenous farmers who have been marching for 58 days now since October 10 from Sumilao, Bukidnon in Mindanao reached the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Metro Manila last night, December 5, where they were received by Philippine Catholic Church leader Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales and the Jesuit community, together with their supporters, including […]
The following is the solidarity message sent by AFA to the Sumilao farmers, who are mostly members of PAKISAMA. The Sumilao farmers belonging to the Higaonon tribal community in southern Philippines have been marching around 1,700 kilometers for almost 60 days from Bukidnon in Mindanao to Metro Manila to reclaim the 144 hectares of ancestral […]
AFA representatives Vic Fabe of PAKISAMA and Khun Wikit of SorKorPor, together with the AFA Project Officer for Operations Jun Virola and other representatives from SorKorPor, including its Secretary General Chaiwat Suravichai, attended the convention and training on Natural Farming in Jeju, South Korea on 4-15 November 2007. The convention provided an opportunity for AFA […]
