landgrabbing
Peste
October 16, 2025
Hindi ko napigilan ang pangingilabot — sa laki ng kumpanyang iyon, literal nilang ginawang pestisidyo ang mga manggagawa. Mano-mano. Isa-isa.
Candoni: Gone forever?
October 16, 2025
The uplands of Candoni are now being devastated by the Hacienda Asia Plantation, Inc. (HAPI), a palm oil company of the big conglomerate DM Consunji Inc.
Why farmers in SJDM are under attack
July 5, 2024
Farming communities in San Jose Del Monte have become vital sources of agricultural products for Metro Manila. They have established their residence, economy, and self-sustaining organizations over the years. But trouble would always come to this seeming paradise.
Less land for food
March 30, 2018
While foreign land grabbing intensifies across the globe, the concentration of Philippine agricultural lands in the hands of oligarchs amid sham land distribution is becoming even more rampant, depriving the tillers of the fruits of the land they made productive, and threatening the country’s food security.
Land reform, starting point of rural development
January 20, 2017
“Agricultural development should first focus on real land reform. This ensures that subsequent farm support will increase rural incomes and improve the livelihoods of the majority poor peasantry, expand the domestic market, and create a surplus for reinvestment in national industry. These are also the conditions for greater linkages between agriculture and industry, including the […]
