Jul 27, 2023 · Farmers and fisherfolk were the two poorest groups of workers in the Philippines in 2021, with nearly one in three living below the poverty threshold, compared to the national …

Most middlemen do not practice fair trade, and the poor farmers — incapable of entrepreneurial skills — receive a pittance in exchange for the products they worked hard on. This has to stop. …

Mar 27, 2023 · According to Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas chairperson Rafael Mariano, the poor condition of Filipino peasants in farming and fisheries is one of the direct results of …

Feb 2, 2023 · Farmers in rural areas have remained among the poorest group in the Philippines since 2006. The ACDI has attempted to combat the poverty that farmers in the Philippines feel …

At present, the El Niño climate pattern, which could last more than a year since June 2023, has created dry conditions that rendered agricultural lands non-arable now. Government estimates …

Jan 2, 2022 · It asks, “Will the Decade of Family Farming solve the most basic problem of Filipino farmers: lack of land?” The Philippine government since 2019 has participated in global …

Aug 27, 2020 · The low retention ceiling (i.e., five hectares for family-cultivated farms, and three hectares each for their children up to four kids, making a total of 17 hectares) results in …

Sep 30, 2020 · For photographer Sharif Hamza, who has watched his family work rice farms in the southern Philippines for decades, capturing a rice harvest was as nostalgic as it was …

By reaching poor farmers, fishers, and micro-entrepreneurs, including women, who otherwise would not access financial services from formal banks, microfinance institutions aim to help …

Mar 24, 2023 · Fisherfolk, farmers, children, and individuals residing in rural areas remained the poorest sectors in 2021, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Preliminary …