As part of the Social Justice Forum series that ESSC and the Philippine Working Group (PWG) are organizing, representatives from the National Corn Program of the Department of Agriculture (DA), the DA-Cagayan Valley Research Center, civil society organizations, the academe, and private sector gathered in Balay Laudato Si’ to discuss and understand closely the challenges of smallholder corn farmers in the uplands of Mindanao.
In the field-based form entitled Living on the Edge: Challenges of Smallholder Corn Farmers in the Philippines, 9-10 October, in Bendum, Bukidnon, participants visited and engaged with smallholder corn farmers to gain a better understanding of what accompaniment can be done and how stability can be brought to the uplands and to its people.