In a Brown-bag Workshop Series at the Department of Economics, Ateneo de Manila University on 19 February 2020, Clarice Colleen Manuel, a PhD candidate at the Université de Namur in Belgium, presented her ongoing study on “GMO corn Adoption in
by PJ Capistrano, LUCID scholar I went to the Upper Pulangi district of northeastern Bukidnon to learn about corn farming, especially the ordinary tasks farmers have to tackle when growing corn, things that I had little-to-no knowledge about, as someone
Isabela province is the second largest province by area in the Philippines after Palawan and the largest province in Luzon Island at 1.24M ha. It is also the top corn producer in the country peaking its production in 2012 at
Last September 2017, LUCID project North Coordinator Stéphane Leyens and South Coordinator Andres Ignacio conducted a site reconnaissance visit to Iloilo Province, one of the three focus areas of the LUCID project where corn is a major crop. Iloilo is
by PJ Capistrano, LUCID scholar “The philosopher is always socially situated, and if the society is divided by oppressions, she either reinforces or struggles against them.” – Iris Marion Young To the person unfamiliar with philosophy, the inclusion of a
Clarice Manuel is a researcher seconded by Ateneo de Manila University to Environmental Science for Social Change to undergo studies in Belgium with scholarship from the collaborative project on Land Use Change Impacts and Drivers (LUCID). In July 2017, Clarice
The thirteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 13) has concluded with the adoption of 37 decisions. Through these decisions, the COP endorsed a scientific conceptual framework for land degradation
The European Commission has started an in-depth investigation of Bayer’s planned $66 billion takeover of U.S. seeds group Monsanto, saying it was worried about competition in various pesticide and seeds markets. The deal would create the world’s largest integrated pesticides
SDGs, Human Development Report, Laudato Si’, DRR and building back better Seeking and finding occasions for hope is a key focus of around 30 graduate students from different countries in Asia who are taking a course on human development and
LUCID, through Rowena Soriaga, participated in the UNCCD workshop on land degradation neutrality target-setting for the Philippines, held in Quezon City last 3-4 May 2017. UNCCD is the ‘custodian’ (monitoring arm) of SDG Target 15.3 – “By 2030, combat desertification,
