#TheRealDuterteLegacy | Without genuine land reform, social justice evades Filipino farmers
The plight of Hacienda Tinang farmers brought to mind how land reform and due support continue to evade Filipino farmers.
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The plight of Hacienda Tinang farmers brought to mind how land reform and due support continue to evade Filipino farmers.
Ibon Foundation said that the Rice Tariffication Law has never benefited farmers. From P385 billion in 2018 ($7 billion), the value of palay production declined to P333 billion ($6.06 billion) in 2021 despite an increase of 894,076 metric ton in production volume.
Intending to help resolve the ongoing the food crisis, peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) announced that they will be laying down dozen “concrete and doable demands” that president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s administration can accomplish within the first 100 days. (
Philippines agricultural sector faces crisis
Local farmers stood their ground reiterating that the P20 per kilo rice promise will not happen under the national government’s existing land reform program. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) Farmers’ group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Tuesday, June 7, slammed the Department of Agrarian