Category: Philippines

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 […]
I am Harly de Los Reyes, a young Filipino aspiring agriculturist. My family lives a life of poverty in a far mountainous village in the Philippines, but I am proud that I was able to finish an agriculture course through my parents’ hard work and sacrifices. I can say that farming is not a piece […]
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 […]