Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes, Inc. (PNFSP) vehemently condemn another desperate attempt by the military to discredit and close down the Lumad schools, Alternative Learning Center for Agricultural and Livelihood Development (ALCADEV) and Tribal Filipino Programs for Surigao del Sur (TRIFFPSS) on the pretext of legislative inquiry orchestrated by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OP...
Quezon City - “Secure our Land, Secure our Food”, a National Conference on the present trends on land grabbing was participated in by more than a hundred genuine land reform advocates from across the country on October 11, 2018 at Balai Kalinaw, University of the Philippines- Diliman. Spearheaded by the Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes, Inc. (PNFSP), and co-organized with Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), t...
The Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes (PNFSP) a network of food security advocates calls for the immediate action of the Duterte Administration in this absurd food blockade by the 75th Infantry Battalion in the town of Liangga, Surigao Del Sur.
About, 1,688 Lumad, 345 families in 15 communities had evacuated since November 26 due to intense militarization. This had been the second time the Lumad had evacuated their...
Manila, Philippines – The Philippine Network for Food Security Programmes (PNSFP) marked the World Food Day by raising the alarm against government policies which are causal for the worsened state of hunger, undermining food-producing capacity and unbridled violation of farmers’ rights to land. PNFSP is a network that advocates the attainment of food security in the Philippines by pushing for government programs and policies...
Manila, Philippines - The Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes (PNFSP), a network that advocates the attainment of food security in the country and addresses detrimental issues, joined the filing of House Resolution No. 1294 with progressive legislators at Philippine Congress last thursday, September 7, 2017, that calls for an investigation on the development of Genetically Modified (GM) Golden Rice in the country an...
The Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes (PNFSP) calls on President Duterte to end martial law in Mindanao as it has already threatened the lives and livelihood of Moro and Lumad people. We also raise concern over the increasing attacks against development workers who are providing services to the Lumad communities which the government should have been doing in the first place.
Over the years, the Lumad have been figh...
The Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes (PNFSP), a network of food security advocates supports the call of farmers from the eight Asian countries (India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, Sri Lanka and the Philippines) to stop golden rice trials and commercialization in Asia especially in the Philippines. Golden Rice is a genetically engineered rice that can pose numerous threats and risks linked to u...
(This is in reaction to the article of Philippine Daily Inquirer last June 15, 2017 entitled ‘Unli” rice is unhealthy, says Villar)
The Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes admires the intention of Senator Cynthia Villar in promoting brown rice consumption for a healthier diet as opposed to consumption of the well-milled rice. Well-milled rice in the Philippines usually comes from high-yielding varieties that demand h...
Quezon City – A network of food security advocates gathered today May 17, 2017 at a restaurant in Quezon City to witness the book launching of “Land Grabbing Cases in the Philippines: Greed, Hunger and Resistance” organized by the Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes (PNFSP). It was attended by individuals coming from different NGOs from the regions, international CSOs, academe, media and government officials.
The b...
Thirty years after the occurrence of the heinous Mendiola Massacre, the Filipino peasantry continues to experience injustice. Aside from the fact that no one has ever been convicted of the killings, no genuine agrarian reform law has been enacted up to now.
On January 22, 1987 thousands of farmers marched the streets of Mendiola to protest the Aquino administration's lack of action on land reform. Instead of hearing them out, a...
