By Pamela Joy (PJ) Mariano Capistrano Despite the high financial costs and economic risks to small farmers in the Upper Pulangi area in northern Bukidnon, Mindanao, Philippines, a majority of farmers still farm high-yield variety corn. There must be other
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
“When nature is viewed solely as a source of profit and gain, this has serious consequences for society. This vision of “might is right” has engendered immense inequality, injustice and acts of violence against the majority of humanity, since resources
Clarice Colleen Q Manuel Corn is one of the major crops produced in the Philippines. According to the latest Census of Agriculture and Fisheries, rice still has the largest allocation of land at 1.958 million hectares, while corn places second
Andres Ignacio, PhD The uplands is home to many of the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in the Philippines, particularly in Luzon and Mindanao Islands whose ancestral domains were logged in an earlier era. In many areas, the IPs have moved to
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
To contribute to the sustainable development of upland communities and foster social justice, the Environmental Science for Social Change (ESSC) and the University of Namur in Belgium are undertaking a five-year research and academic collaborative project starting July 2016 titled “Social justice
