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Empowering Filipino Farmers. (RESEARCHED BY: CARLOS MIGUEL R. MAGALLANES)

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TITLE: EMPOWERING FILIPINO FARMERS
AUTHOR: @foodintelfarm
DATE: MAY 5, 2023
KEY CONTENT: The goal of this project is to promote agricultural advancement and raise the livelihoods of Filipino farmers to a higher level in acknowledgement of the great agricultural potential inside the Philippines. With the dual goals of achieving food security and moving closer to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2) - Zero Hunger - our programs are closely aligned with our continued commitment to empower Filipino farmers in the region of Mindanao.

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SM Store Launches Initiative to Support Indigent Farmers in Mindanao. (RESEARCHED BY: CARLOS MIGUEL R. MAGALLANES)

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URL: https://nowyouknowph.rappler.com/821/sm-store-launches-initiative-to-support-indigent-farmers-in-mindanao/
TITLE: SM Store Launches Initiative to Support Indigent Farmers in Mindanao
AUTHOR: RAPPLER
DATE: SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
KEY CONTENT: With the help of ACE Express, PhilSEED, and SM Store, the "Shop&Share for Sustainable Livelihood" initiative seeks to empower poor farmers in Mindanao, particularly in Zamboanga Sibugay, by giving them access to farming toolkits and other necessities that will help them improve their livelihoods and contribute to the overall growth of their communities. This program fits well with the overarching objective of achieving food security in the Philippines through bolstering the country's agricultural industry.

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Investing in Possibility, International Peace Cooperation in Mindanao,The Philippines (RESEARCHED BY: MARIAM LEXIE V. BAJO)

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TITLE:  Investing in Possibility, International Peace Cooperation in Mindanao,The Philippines
AUTHOR: MOFA
DATE: November 11, 2020
KEY CONTENT:  This video news segment discusses Japan's international efforts to promote peace in the Philippines, including its upland rice project for the Bangsamoro.

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 INCLUSIVE AGRICULTURE (RESEARCHED BY: MARIAM LEXIE V. BAJO)

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URL:https://davao.da.gov.ph/index.php/media-resources/17-news/523-inclusive-agriculture?tmpl=component&print=1&as_qdr=y15
TITLE: INCLUSIVE AGRICULTURE
AUTHOR: DAVAO GOVPH
DATE: March 8, 2020
KEY CONTENT: This project will provide agri-infrastructure support, such as production and postharvest facilities to increase productivity within agricultural areas in mindanao.

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WB study: Over 80% of Mindanao’s farmers, fisherfolk remain “poor or near-poor” (RESEARCHED BY: CARLOS MIGUEL R. MAGALLANES)

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URL: https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2018/04/wb-study-80-mindanaos-farmers-fisherfolk-remain-poor-near-poor/
TITLE: WB study: Over 80% of Mindanao’s farmers, fisherfolk remain “poor or near-poor”
AUTHOR: ANTONIO L. COLINA IV
DATE: APRIL 8, 2018
KEY CONTENT: The Mindanao Jobs Report, which was funded by the World Bank, emphasizes the importance of agriculture to the island nation's economic growth and the difficulties that farmers and fishermen confront. The research recommends a holistic approach that involves enhancing productivity, connectivity, property rights, and quality control while lowering trade costs and attending to the particular needs of the region in order to empower local people and achieve food security and economic success.

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Weaving together for a better future (RESEARCHED BY: MARIAM LEXIE V. BAJO)

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URL: https://youtu.be/7D_w9-0woIA?feature=shared
TITLE: Weaving together for a better future
AUTHOR: PRDP Mindanao
DATE PUBLISHED: December 9, 2021
KEY CONTENT: PRDP Mindanao aims to craft and implement developmental plans to support the abaca industry and abaca farmers in the provinve of Agusan del Norte.

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NEWS BREAK: Farmers Congress Gipahigayon sa Davao City (RESEARCHED BY: MARIAM LEXIE V. BAJO)

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TITLE: NEWS BREAK: Farmers Congress Gipahigayon sa Davao City.

AUTHOR: PTV Philippines

DATE PUBLISHED: September 5, 2018

KEY CONTENT:
At the Asia Farmer Congress held in Davao City, 100 local farmers gathered to promote agri-biotechnology, emphasizing the importance of understanding modern biotechnology in agriculture to enhance productivity and effectiveness during this period of poor agricultural productivity.

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[OPINION] Feasting on farm produce in Mindanao while mulling over food sovereignty (RESEARCHED BY JARED D. LOPEZ)

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URL: https://www.rappler.com/voices/ispeak/opinion-feasting-farm-produce-mindanao-mulling-food-sovereignty/
TITLE: [OPINION] Feasting on farm produce in Mindanao while mulling over  food sovereignty
AUTHOR: Bernardita Azurin-Quimpo
DATE  PUBLISHED: October 15, 2020
KEY CONTENT: This blog post tells us about a person being locked down in a farm in North Cotabato. She explains that Cotabato has a lot of farmland, fruits and vegetables. They often sell their fruits to locals and they also get their food  or meat and dairy from their neighbors who sell meat products and also snacks. This shows the impact of local farmers in the area and can sometimes provide your daily needs.

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I have been locked down in our farm in North Cotabato since mid-March. It is the safest place where I can be in this time of a pandemic. Our nearest neighbor is 500 meters away. Social distancing is no cause for worry.

North Cotabato is one of the 22 provinces in the island of Mindanao. It is plantation country. You find here huge tracts of land planted to fruit trees, bananas, coconuts, rubber, palm oil, coffee, and cacao. Owners of many of these plantations live elsewhere and rely on the local folks to manage their properties. These caretakers have their own plots that are planted to fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants.

During this stay in North Cotabato, a farm buddy, Inday Ninfa, 43, keeps me company. Our 2-hectare farm, Marbel Forest Garden, is planted to native trees, fruits, vegetables, herbs, and ornamental plants as well. Now that it is fruiting season we have our fill of durian, rambutan, mangosteen, lanzones and marang. We also have raised beds planted to a variety of vegetables - bitter gourd, okra, eggplant, squash, string beans, pechay, radish, bell pepper, finger chilies. We have clipping beds of kangkong, saluyot (Nalta jute), sweet potato, and alugbati (Malabar nightshade) from which we harvest daily.

Our farm is part of a small farming community (pop 1500+) in Kidapawan City where a lot of swapping goes on - for farm produce, seeds, medicinal herbs, ornamental plants. We have traded our fruits for guyabano and bell pepper seeds. We get supplies too from neighbors who sell beef, pork, and dressed chicken, and roving vendors who sell midday snacks made from glutinous rice, bananas, and sweet potato.

Inday Ninfa has her own 3-hectare farm in her home village in Matalam where we spend occasional weekends. On a typical weekend, we eat whatever fruits can be harvested. Lunch is a vegetarian meal (saluyot, sweet potato tops, eggplant, bitter gourd) plus a special treat: a soup of bantam chicken. We drink coconut water 4 times a day! Dessert is a series of fruits: papaya, young coconut meat, bananas, guavas, star fruit, and mandarin oranges.

Inday Ninfa's mother and aunt - Nanay Fely and Nanay Emang, both 79 years old and widowed - tend vegetable gardens that are the source of healthy meals for any of their children and grandchildren who may decide to drop by. Their vegetable garden is a model of biodiversity. They have at least 9 varieties of papaya and 7 varieties of cayenne pepper. They are able to sell in the local market their excess harvest of sesame seeds and turmeric.

The reality of hunger

In this realm of abundance, where meals are assured and snacks are always within reach on a whim, it is easy to forget that there are places in this world where food is not easy to come by, where malnutrition is a fact of life and death by starvation a stark possibility. But we must not forget.

According to a 2020 UN report, the number of people affected by hunger globally has been gradually on the rise since 2014. Current estimates are that nearly 699 million people are hungry or 8.9% of the world population - up by 10 million people in one year and by nearly 60 million in 5 years.

The bigger challenge for the world is not in accessing food, but in accessing healthy food. The nutritional status of the most vulnerable population groups is likely to deteriorate even further due to the health and socio-economic impacts of COVID-19.

Low-income countries rely more on staple foods and less on fruits and vegetables and animal-sourced foods than high-income countries. We are lucky here in Asia, where there are enough fruits and vegetables available for human consumption that meets the FAO/WHO recommendation of consuming a minimum of 400 g/person/day.

In the ASEAN region, the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) issued a Joint Statement in April reaffirming their commitment to ensuring food security, food safety, and nutrition in the region during this outbreak.

The AMAF pledged to, among others, "minimize disruptions in regional food supply chains by working closely together to ensure that markets are kept open and transportation of agricultural and food products are facilitated." They also stressed "the importance of reducing excessive price volatility, particularly price spikes, ensuring adequate emergency food and reserves, and providing timely and accurate market information."

Food security in a pandemic

In Mindanao, provincial governors are now implementing the Self-Sustaining Food Security Strategy (SSFSS) recommended by the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) in late March by linking up with one another to ensure stable food supply for their constituents.

Under the SSFSS, the LGU chief executives are tasked to design and implement a food security action plan, conduct an inventory and quantify existing supplies of basic food commodities like rice, eggs, poultry, meat and fruits, and identify individuals or groups which can undertake sustained food production.

MinDA is encouraging families, especially those confined to their farms, to undertake simple food production activities like vegetable growing and backyard chicken raising, thus creating a localized market for farmers' produce that cannot be efficiently distributed due to the constraints of lockdowns.

MinDA head Emmanuel Piñol believes the system will ensure available food supply for the families within the community, while at the same time be mindful of the COVID-19 quarantine protocols being enforced.

Although the provincial governors in Mindanao have all said they have enough food supplies for their constituents, there may be a problem of distribution due to COVID-19 lockdowns. What they should therefore be aiming for is not simple food security but food sovereignty. In fact, in many situations, there can be no food security without food sovereignty.

What does that mean? Food security, as defined by the UN Committee on World Food Security, means that all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their food preferences and dietary needs for an active and healthy life. For food security to be durable, however, there has to be food sovereignty.

What is food sovereignty?

A regime of food sovereignty not only prescribes that all people should have the income to have access to food and nutrition; it also requires that those who produce food have control of the distribution of their produce as well as the assets that make possible the production of food including seeds, land, bodies of water, livestock, and biodiversity.

The expected immediate result of this arrangement is the reduction of the distance between producer and consumer, a greater emphasis on small-scale food production, a more benign interaction between food producer and the environment and, most important, greater food security in the area where food sovereignty is practiced. In fact, while food sovereignty is normally associated with localized distribution and consumption, especially during pandemic lockdowns, in better times it can bring about a large surplus that can be transported to other places, even to other countries.

Is there food sovereignty in Mindanao today? To some extent, in some places, there may be. In Inday Ninfa's sitio, New Leon, some 40 families, most of them related to one another, tend to agriculturally productive landholdings that range in area from 0.5 to 12 hectares per family. In combination with a sufficient number of villages that are similarly productive, they could, if properly organized and their marketing efforts facilitated, bring about and distribute enough produce to make a difference in the global fight against hunger.

Mindanao with its vast tracts of agricultural lands and waters pregnant with fisheries can be part of the solution to the global problem of hunger and malnutrition, but first there must be food sovereignty among its many skillful food producers. The government must be able to look beyond the immediate need for food security, and craft and implement policies that promote food sovereignty. - Rappler.com
Note: Modified versions of this article will be published in the World, Region, and Nation section of Pinter Politik Indonesia and the Ateneo de Manila University's journal Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture. Bernardita Azurin-Quimpo is a writer, psychologist, and farmer. She is an independent consultant and has worked with educational nonprofits running scholarship programs. She is now semi-retired and spends her time developing a forest garden in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato.

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[OPINION] Feasting on farm produce in Mindanao while mulling over food sovereignty

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'The bigger challenge for the world is not in accessing food, but in accessing healthy food'

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Agriculture - October 2019 Digital Magazine from Magzter - World’s Largest Digital Newsstand ( RESEARCHED BY: JARED D. LOPEZ)

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URL:https://reader.magzter.com/preview/l56y4boxo7hdjryjx8kige3761190/376119
TITLE: Hybrid Rice Adoption in Mindanao
AUTHOR: Bayer and Department of Agriculture
DATE: October 2019
KEY CONTENT: This magazine shows us when fruits and vegetables grow, How to start and run a farm. This magazine also focuses on adopting hybrid rice in Mindanao to increase rice productions. Bayer and Department of Agriculture collaborated to implement hybridization of rice.

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Agriculture - October 2019 Digital Magazine from Magzter - World’s Largest Digital Newsstand

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Read Agriculture - October 2019 digital edition on your iPad, iPhone, Android Devices & web from Magzter Digital Newsstand

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Weekend Vacation at Nico's Farm! (BUHAY BUKID - Mindanao) (RESEARCHED BY JARED D. LOPEZ)

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URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m13DTX-H8ns
TITLE: Weekend Vacation at Nico's Farm! (BUHAY BUKID - Mindanao)
AUTHOR: Wil Dasovich
Date Published: May 31, 2020
KEY CONTENT: The vlogger spends the weekend at his friend's farm and when he was there, his friend shows him the farm and the process on how products are made and   shows the vlogger the day-to-day routine  of a farmer. This vlog also shows the importance of local farmers providing the basic needs of people.

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Weekend Vacation at Nico's Farm! (BUHAY BUKID - Mindanao)

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Davao Today discuss with local farmers about the real situation on the ground (RESEARCHED BY: RIAN CHELMAR G. CARREON)

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URL: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=2473617459610059
TITLE: WEBINAR: How is the Rice Tariffication Law affecting farmers in Mindanao?
AUTHOR: MASIPAG MINDANAO
BANTAY BIGAS
DAVAO TODAY
DATE: OCTOBER 19, 2020
KEY CONTENT: The effects of rice tariffication on household welfare occur through prices. The reform leads to lower domestic rice prices, resulting in reduced income for rice farmers but increased purchasing power for rice consumers in Mindanao. Also, in the webinar discusses with local farmers about the real situation on the ground, a year after RA 11203 or Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) was enacted.

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Mindanao Farmers Start Off the Year with Natural Farming Systems Technology (RESEARCHED BY: CARLOS MIGUEL R. MAGALLANES)

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URL: https://wwf.org.ph/resource-center/story-archives-2019/mindanao-farmers-graduation/
TITLE: Mindanao Farmers Start Off the Year with Natural Farming Systems Technology
AUTHOR: Muneer Hinay
DATE: DECEMBER 2019
KEY CONTENT: A project in Mindanao called the Sustainable Farm to Table Program seeks to strengthen food security, empower farmers, and advance sustainable agriculture. It symbolizes a team effort to offer rural people the knowledge and tools they require to enhance their standard of living and guarantee access to wholesome food.

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DA-Northern Mindanao signed agreement in support of EPAHP (RESEARCHED BY: NINA T. GAMALLO)

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14.) NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION OR ACADEMIC INSTITUTION ARTICLE

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URL: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1966917/cagayan-de-oro/local-news/da-northern-mindanao-signed-agreement-in-support-of-epahp
TITLE: DA-Northern Mindanao signed agreement in support of EPAHP
AUTHOR: JO ANN SABLAD
DATE PUBLISHED: July 16, 2023
KEY CONTENT: This article discusses the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Northern Mindanao recently signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in support of the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) Program in order to help reduce hunger and provision of food security. By providing agricultural and fisheries inputs and services to farmers and fisherfolk organizations, capacity building and organizational strengthening assistance, assisting groups in getting funding from micro finance and other credit institutions, resources for agricultural produce growing, processing, and post-harvest facilities are mobilized.

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Food congress underscores Mindanao agriculture's role towards food security (RESEARCHED BY: NINA T. GAMALLO)

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URL:  https://pia.gov.ph/news/2022/11/04/food-congress-underscores-mindanao-agricultures-role-towards-food-security
TITLE: Food congress underscores Mindanao agriculture's role towards food security
AUTHOR: Irene Joy Dayo
DATE PUBLISHED: November 04, 2022
KEY CONTENT: This article discusses the recent Mindanao Food Congress, which took place in Cagayan de Oro City to address policy issues and strategies for Mindanao Agriculture to attain food security and sustainability. As well as the recent partnership between the Philippines and the India Embassy for the Mindanao Food Congress in order to aid and develop our agriculture.

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Philippine Statistics Authority Region X (Northern Mindanao)

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URL: https://rsso10.psa.gov.ph/infographics?page=4
TITLE: 2021 Major Crops Production in Northern Mindanao
AUTHOR: Philippine Statistics Authority
DATE: 2021
KEY CONTENT: The infographic shows what Region 10 crops thrived in 2021. This indicates that a farmer's plant does not always mean the same harvest amount every time. If we could increase the amount of farmers, we could also have more supplies.

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Philippine Statistics Authority Region X (Northern Mindanao)

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Episode #3 of the Food Solidarity Podcast: Cherrie Atilano from AGREA Philippines ft. Sef Carandang (RESEARCHED BY: NINA T. GAMALLO)

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URL: https://youtu.be/1UxHyljQ9BU?si=D0_KHdOfA0Jfa-WI
TITLE: Episode #3 of the Food Solidarity Podcast: The Women Shaking Up Agribusiness in the Philippines
AUTHOR: Social Gastronomy Movement
DATE PUBLISHED: Sep 10, 2020
KEY CONTENT: The episode is centered on their guest, Cherrie Atilano, who is the founding farmer and CEO of AGREA, as well as the Philippine Ambassador for Food Security and an ambassador for the UN Scaling Up Nutrition Movement. She is a wonderful lady who has accomplished many things in her life, including founding the Gawad Kalinga organization's food security impact arm, Bayan Anihan, which was acknowledged as the world's biggest food sufficiency program. In 2015, she founded Agrea and the One-Island Economy idea on the island of Marinduque. The organization works on programs to achieve zero waste, zero hunger, and zero insecurity. Along with her The Move Food Initiative initiative, which she started to assist farmers amid the worldwide pandemic. Cherrie Atilano's activities and efforts have assisted many local farmers on Mindanao in maintaining their agriculture. These programs assisting Mindanao's farmers have greatly contributed to the elimination of hunger and the provision of food security.

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Episode #3 of the Food Solidarity Podcast: Cherrie Atilano from AGREA Philippines ft. Sef Carandang

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DESTINY OF DEBTS: The struggle of banana farmers in the Philippines | IDEALS Documentary (RESEARCHED BY: NINA T. GAMALLO)

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URL: https://youtu.be/HIbaAaHAwmM?si=pZFjhYnnJ8N_nkxe
TITLE: DESTINY OF DEBTS: The struggle of banana farmers in the Philippines | IDEALS Documentary
AUTHOR: IDEALS Inc.
DATE PUBLISHED: Jul 24, 2018
KEY CONTENT: Danilo Furog, a farmer who has worked on a banana plantation in Mindanao for 45 years, is the focus of the documentary. He stresses how difficult the many duties he has taken on throughout the years. Despite receiving land ownership rights as a result of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) beneficiaries and working in the sector for most of his life. His financial situation did not improve. His wages are insufficient to sustain his family's needs. The documentary highlights the difficult and terrible conditions that banana farmers must endure in order to make a living. If the government does not make an effort to highlight and reform the agricultural economy's exploitative behavior toward its employees in order to improve farmers' livelihoods, particularly the workers in Mindanao. Thousands of people will meet the same fate.

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DESTINY OF DEBTS: The struggle of banana farmers in the Philippines | IDEALS Documentary

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This book is a must-read for everyone who has been fed by the tillers of the soil. To them we owe our lives. (RESEARCHED BY: RIAN CHELMAR G. CARREON)

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URL:https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/making-both-ends-meet-stories-of-landless-farmers-in-the-philippines-9783659744570
TITLE: MAKING BOTH ENDS MEET: Stories of Landless Farmers in the Philippines
DATE: JUNE 23, 2015
KEY CONTENT: This book is a collection of stories about the lives of landless farmers in the Philippines. It describes their resilience and strong faith amidst worsening poverty. This book also aims in Mindanao farmers wherein their lands where taken from them not only by the people but the government itself.

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Farmers are the primary actors in agriculture. (RESEARCHED BY: RIAN CHELMAR G. CARREON)

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URL: https://www.innspub.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/JBES-V22-No2-p39-50.pdf
TITLE: Perceptions and practices of rice farmers in the lowland areas of Diplahan, Zamboanga Sibugay, Mindanao, Philippines
AUTHOR: Eduardo D. Magdayo Jr.
Jaime Q. Guihawan
DATE: February 11, 2023
KEY CONTENT: The study aimed to ascertain the current perceptions and practices of local rice farmers not only in Diplahan, Zamboanga Sibugay but the whole mindanao.

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Everyday life of farmers for sale by Billy Abogadie (RESEARCHED BY: RIAN CHELMAR G. CARREON)

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URL:  https://www.filipinoart.ph/art/isabela-farmer
TITLE: THE ISABELA FARMER
AUTHOR: BILLY ABOGADIE
DATE: 2020
KEY CONTENT: The artwork depicts the social realism of a farmer's life struggling and not treated equally. Farmers everyday struggle is something that the government should focus on especially in Mindanao that has lack of support by the government and in this artwork speaks the need of empowering local farmers.