18 September 2020 - The Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes, Inc. (PNFSP) served as a co-petitioner against the repressive Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 (RA 11479) together with other development NGOs and people’s organizations under the Council for People’s Development and Government (CPDG). Today is the petition filing at the Supreme Court. PNFSP is a network of 25 regional and national NGOs promoting sustainable agriculture towards food sovereignty and food self s

The Philippine Network for Food Security Programmes, Inc. (PNFSP) join various organizations in the call to investigate the Department of Agriculture (DA)'s fertilizer scam and hold its officials accountable as this will only aggravate indebtedness, bankruptcy and hunger among Filipino farmers who are already struggling to recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The overpriced procurement of urea fertilizers shows the government's insincerity to alleviate the imp

Food insecurity persists and the hunger experienced by the people worsens despite IRRI's pretention of its alleged impact on lowering poverty levels and increasing food security. This is contrary to his mission to eradicate hunger in rice-dependent countries through research to increase production. Despite IRRI's vaunt of being the leading institution in innovation, technology and methods related to rice production, they have only made farmers passive recipients of the techn

PNFSP Statement on the 5th year anniversary of Global Day of the Landless Ensuring the country's local production in the midst of the crisis caused by COVID-19 in the Philippines is of utmost importance now. An important aspect of the medical solution against COVID-19 is the strengthening of the immune system of every Filipino. With the implementation of enhanced quarantine in the communities (enhanced community quarantine), hunger and sickness of people in the communities

Quezon City, Philippines – One year after the implementation of the Rice Liberalization Law, millions of Filipino farmers have been devastated by the massive wave of rice imports that caused palay farm gate prices to plummet severely. Many farmers are on the brink of bankruptcy as the depressed palay prices come with the soaring prices of farm inputs that contribute a lot in the ever-increasing cost of production. Such situation will definitely lead to indebtedness and wors

Manila, Philippines – Large scale mining continuously poses grave threat to the nation’s food security. Thousands of agricultural lands and fishing grounds were affected and rendered unproductive that aggravated the widespread poverty due to landlessness and lack of job opportunities. On March 3, 1995, Republic Act 7942 otherwise known as the Philippine Mining Act was passed into law. Environmentalists, indigenous peoples and mining-affected communities have long called to

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 (OPAPP), Congressional Committee on Indigenous Cultur

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), the conference aims to raise social awareness throu

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 communities since President Duterte had declare

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 towards genuine agrarian reform, self-sufficiency

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 and its impact on health, environment, and farmers’

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 unpredictable gene mutations. Experiments in labora

(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 high levels of inputs such as pesticides and fert

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 book was first in the history documenting cases of

The Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes (PNFSP) questions the statement made by the camp of presumptive president Rodrigo...

The Aktionsbündnis Menschenrechte – Philippinen (AMP – Action Network Human Rights Philippines) is a network organization in Germany that advocates Human Rights issues in the Philippines. It was founded in August 2007 during the peak of Extra-Judicial Killings in the Philippines. AMP pursues the objective to contribute to the improvement of the human rights situation in the Philippines by educating and influencing policy and decision makers as well as representatives of the c

“It is not only the Lumad schools in Mindanao that the military is harassing, but also a medium-scale Rice Milling and Marketing Project in Sitio Panaghiusa.” This was asserted by Estrella Catarata, Executive Director of PNFSP, and a leading participant in the recently held International Fact Finding Mission in Sitio Panaghiusa, Trinidad, Bohol. The IFFM was organized by the Central Visayas Farmers Development Center (FARDEC), registered owner of the Rice Mill and member of

The 10th year of PNFSP is indeed a milestone. Thus, the special day was celebrated with various activities with the dual objective of showcasing to the public the various initiatives of PNFSP’s members and Secretariat on sustainable agriculture and indigenous knowledge; and to educate the people on the benefits of organic agriculture on people’s health and the environment. It was celebrated last August 29, 2015 at the Quezon City Memorial Circle with the theme: “Food for

The Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes (PNFSP) agrees with the statement of both bills that many Filipinos are currently...

August 11 - On the occasion of the UN-declared International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes, Inc. (PNFSP) joined in various organizations: the Scrap the Mining Act Network, KATRIBU Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas, Sulong Katribu Partylist, Indigenous Peoples' representatives from various mine-affected communities and Manila-based IP rights advocates lobbied Congress to repeal the Philippine Mining Act of 19