We are pleased to share with you the 2020 Directory of Farmers’ Organizations under the Asia-Pacific Farmers’ Forum. This publication features the profiles of farmers’ organizations under the programs supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the European Union (EU). Click to view or download this publication
BATANGAS, PHILIPPINES – Families in the coastal barangays of Calatagan, Batangas have always relied on the sea for sustenance. Families’ incomes are dependent on fishing and seaweed farming. Seaweed farming started in Calatagan in the 1980s through a project of the UP Marine Science Institute (UP MSI). When the project ended, a couple with their […]
BUKIDNON, PHILIPPINES – The story of the Sumilao farmers boasts of a successful but long and hard struggle for their right to land. In 1997, 18 members of Mapadayonong Panaghiusa sa mga Lumad Alang sa Damlag (MAPALAD) went on hunger strike to demand that 144 hectares of their ancestral land be given back to them. […]