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Eco-Farming Can Double Food Production in 10 Years, says new UN report |
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Written by MASIPAG Information
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Thursday, 24 March 2011 |
GENEVA – Small-scale farmers can double food production within 10 years in critical regions by using ecological methods, a new UN report* shows. Based on an extensive review of the recent scientific literature, the study calls for a fundamental shift towards agroecology as a way to boost food production and improve the situation of the poorest.
“To feed 9 billion people in 2050, we urgently need to adopt the most efficient farming techniques available,” says Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food and author of the report. “Today’s scientific evidence demonstrates that agroecological methods outperform the use of chemical fertilizers in boosting food production where the hungry live -- especially in unfavorable environments.” |
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Bt eggplant testing hits new snag in Visayas field trial |
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Written by Reyan L. Arinto
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Monday, 21 February 2011 |
TACLOBAN CITY -- Officials of Barangay Pangasugan in Leyte province have passed a resolution opposing the field trial of genetically modified eggplant at the Visayas State University (VSU).
Pangasugan is the latest host community to oppose the experiment, next to Barangay Bago Oshiro in Davao City and Sta. Barbara town in Iloilo.
In its resolution, the barangay council noted that it has yet to receive data on "pollen flow," which may contaminate surrounding plants in the area due to cross-pollination and may pose health risks.
"It also stated that no public consultation was made, especially among the farmers of the barangay," said Alfie M. Palumbarit, advocacy officer of farmer-scientist network Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-Unlad ng Agrikultura (Masipag). |
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Organic farms show way to beat GMO |
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Written by Jeffrey M. Tupas
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Saturday, 12 February 2011 |
Davao veggie plots thrive without use of chemicals MASIPAG farmer-leader Tranquilina Alibango (KNBL, Davao City) is featured in an article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer . EVERY TIME pests attack her backyard vegetable garden, Tranquilina Alibango takes it as a sign that the great forces of nature are at play—something that must be left to nature itself to remedy.
Human intervention, the 52-year-old farmer says, must play little in this bizarre give-and-take relationship so as not to disrupt nature’s way. Otherwise, bigger problems could arise and badly affect her source of livelihood.
“Something has to be sacrificed to keep the balance of things. Somehow, we have to allow and we give back because we get something from it, anyway. What is wrong with that? What is the problem with that?” Alibango says.
She and the other farmers of Wangan, a small barangay in Davao City’s Calinan district— those who practice organic farming—do not have problems in dealing with pests.
Their approach is simple and has been proven to be beneficial to the environment. Their backyard farms are a merry mixture of a lot of things—never devoted to a single crop. |
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