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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.

visit the sustainable table, a website devoted to a lifestyle geared towards sustainable agriculture.  most interesting is the section called […]

Not since the hunger crisis of 1984 in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa has the issue of “feeding the […]

The US proposal on Agriculture seen as source of momentum The Doha negotiations, which only a few months ago was characterized as stalled over many areas of disagreements among Members, are now back in motion. This is the common refrain from heads of key negotiating committees-Agriculture, NAMA, and Services-in a series of lobby meetings with social movements and NGOs in Geneva. This was also the assessment expressed at the meeting with the Brazilian Mission and the meeting with the G90 yesterday.

GENEVA (15 0CTOBER 2005)- trade activists numbering over 3,000 massed up in front of the WTO headquarters here this afternoon to open the weeklong activities centered around the upcoming WTO General Council Meeting. After a brief program that featured fiery speeches from European, Latin American and Asian activists, the crowd of mostly trade unionists, farmers and NGOs proceeded to march along lake Geneve singing songs, shouting slogans and carrying banners against the WTO and its agenda of corporate globalization. The action ended with another program at Place Nueve.

Over 1,000 non-government firms have been accredited for the World Trade Organisation’s 6th Ministerial Conference to be held in Hong […]

Non-governmental organisations can express their views on the World Trade Organisation’s Sixth Ministerial Conference at an October 16 roundtable forum, […]

A Call to Action to Social Movements, Mass Organizations and All Civil Society Groups October 17, 2005 No Deal in […]