Dear Friends in PAKISAMA, Re: Moral Support to “Lumad” Farmers from Sumilao to March on Foot for 60 Days to Reclaim Land Farmers’ Federations Association for Development Thailand (Sorkorpor) wants to express our admirableness to “Lumad” Farmers through our friends, PAKISAMA. We realize that LAND is heart of all farmers. In case of Thailand, our […]
Quezon City, Philippines — As a non-violent way of protesting the more than 10 years of injustice they have gone through in trying to reclaim their ancestral land, 50 “lumad” farmers belonging to the Mapalad Multi-purpose Cooperative (MPC) will march on foot from their hometown of Sumilao, Bukidnon in the south to the capital city […]
Revoke the Conversion Order! Redistribute the Land under CARP! Reform and Extend the Agrarian Reform Program! Rationalize Land Use! The Higaonon Indigenous Cultural Communities were the early settlers of a piece of ancestral land in Sumilao, Bukidnon. A portion thereof, 243.885 hectare area of the ancestral land served as the Seat of Government of the […]
June 14, 2007 Overview The participants traveled by bus (and then climbed uphill) to Barangay San Jose, Antipolo City, Rizal. The area is a 58- hectare of hilly agricultural land located in Sitio Nagpatong. The land is owned by 42 farmers belonging to the Samahan ng mga Magsasaka sa Bundok ng Antipolo (SAMBA) or the […]
AFA Treasurer Vicente Fabe shares an AFA presentation on “Needs and Expectations of Asian Farmers on Agricultural Research” during an international conference entitled “Agricultural Research for Development in Europe: Towards a Shared Vision, ” in Brussels, Belgium on June 28-29, 2007. The conference is organized by ERA-ARD. Ka Vic was invited both for his personal […]
A Primer This primer is issued by AR Now!, PESANTech and PhilDHRRA to present and explain the “extension with reforms” position with regards to the impending “expiration of CARP” in June 2008. This primer will also attempt to clarify certain misconceptions about the event that will transpire in June 2008 and about the “extension with […]
In an expression of dismay over WTO policies in agriculture, Director General Pascal Lamy’s visit to the Philippines last February 23, 2007 was greeted by shouts of protest from farmers groups and other trade advocates, including AFA and PAKISAMA.
The National Confederation of Peasant Organizations (Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka – PAKISAMA), an AFA member organization in the Philippines, successfully conducted a UNITY CONGRESS last July 1-2, 2006 at SEAMEO-INNOTECH, Diliman, Quezon City. The Unity Congress was officiated by the Solidarity Committee headed by Fr. Noel Vasquez, S.J. The Solidarity Committee was tasked […]
