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Title: Promoting Backyard Chicken Farming to Address Poverty in Rural Mindanao

Author: Emmanuel Piñol

Date: June 6, 2021

KEY INFO: This promotional video from the Mindanao Development Authority showcases backyard chicken farming as a solution to poverty in the region. Mr. Piñol highlights how crossbreeding the Basilan chicken with the Black Australian Orpington creates "Manok Pinoy," a breed with better traits and higher egg production, providing farmers with a reliable income. Ultimately, the program aims to revitalize profitable farming practices to combat rural poverty in Mindanao.

Title: SWS: Self-rated poverty at 63%, highest since 2003

Author: Philippine Daily Inquirer

Date: January 09, 2025

KEY INFO: This national news article reveals how Mindanao's poverty rate has surged to 76%, highlighting the widespread hardship faced by its people. As living costs climb, many families struggle to afford basic necessities, especially food. In particular, the lack of access to food due to poverty is especially dire in Mindanao, leaving countless households unable to provide sufficient, nutritious meals for their families.

https://youtu.be/RChQodCRnJs?si=oLn5qEvjxEtsLN5E

Title: GRABE TO NAKAKA AWA ANG DALAWANG MATANDA NAKATIRA SA SIRA SIRA NILANG BAHAY WALA PA SILANG PAG KAIN

Author: Pugong Byahero

Date: April 20, 2022

KEY INFO: In Barangay Malabog, Davao City, a vlogger discovered an elderly couple living in a fragile, unfinished house that offered little protection from the harsh weather. Struggling with poverty, they often lacked enough money to buy food and could only eat when family and neighbors provided basic food like potatoes or rice. To shed light on the dire situation, vlogger Pugong Byahero not only raised awareness about the poverty in Mindanao but also provided the couple with food and groceries, helping to ease their daily struggles.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/30/business/philippines-coconut-plantation.html

Title: Workers on a Philippines Coconut Farm: Born Poor, Staying Poor

Author: Peter S. Goodman

Date: Dec. 30, 2023

KEY INFO: This international news article highlights the severe lack of access to food faced by rural communities in Mindanao, where hard work often goes unrewarded. Workers endure long hours under intense heat and heavy rains in the region's northern coconut groves, yet their labor often yields meager income. As a result, many struggle to provide enough nutritious food for their families, leaving coconut farm workers on the island of Mindanao trapped in a cycle of poverty.

Title: Dynamics of Poverty, Politics and Peace: Mindanao and Beyond

Author: Mohagher Iqbal

Date: December 3, 2018

KEY INFO: Mindanao, where 40% of the population lives in poverty, is the hardest-hit region in the Philippines, with four of its five poorest areas. Historical injustices have fueled ongoing conflict and poverty, leaving many without access to basic needs, especially food. The lack of policies addressing immediate needs and unequal opportunities prevent the impoverished from securing essential necessities, leaving them trapped in a cycle of poverty that they find hard to escape.

https://www.tiktok.com/@_urfvvgemini_/video/7302067763705548037?_r=1&_t=ZS-8t1ooLR9V9W

Title: A young girl giving food to a homeless elderly man

Author: urfvvgemini

Date: November 16,2023

KEY INFO: A heartwarming moment from Tagum City captures a young girl sharing food with a homeless older man. The video highlights how a lack of resources and opportunities prevents people from accessing even the most necessities, including food, which identifies the link between poverty and hunger. This simple act of kindness shows how sharing resources and compassion can help alleviate poverty and promote a more equitable society.

https://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/11-dabawenyo-families-poor-in-2023-psa-davao?fbclid=IwY2xjawHxt09leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHUVKSCANtgKHgCn8Bj8rpzPa-UrK6YM5KxbQqA79YDmUeNisK1W6n3hN0A_aem_6gQlAjiUUerSAi5P8ivOmA

Title: 11% Dabawenyo families poor in 2023: PSA-Davao

Author: David Ezra M. Francisquete

Date: Oct 25, 2024

KEY INFO: This local news article shows that 11 in every 100 Dabawenyo families in the Davao Region were considered poor and did not have enough income to buy the minimum basic food needs. According to recent estimates, a family of five in the Davao region would need to earn P157,607 in 2023, or an average of P13,134 per month, to cover their most basic needs for food items. This means that a Dabawenyo with five family members would need to earn P110,323 a year, or P302 per day, to have enough food to eat on the table.

Title: First semester 2021 poverty statistics of Davao Region.

Author: Philippine Statistics Authority - Region XI.

Date: March 2, 2022

KEY INFO: In the first half of 2021, the subsistence incidence in Davao Region was 4.7%, meaning that 47 out of every 1,000 families had incomes below the minimum needed for basic food. This equates to about 65,000 families struggling to meet their food needs, a decrease from the same period in 2018. In the first semester of 2021, the subsistence incidence was 7.1%, affecting around 379,000 Davaoeños. This is an improvement from 9.5% in 2018, however, the national poverty incidence still stood at 9.9%.

Title: PODCAST: UN SDG 1-No Poverty Dishing Out the Parameters of Poverty: Nurturing Responsible Action towards Equality in Mindanao
Author: Kate Olvida

Date: Nov 4, 2024

KEY INFO: The podcast talks about Mindanao having the highest number of poor residents, with 8.9 million people living below the poverty line and a poverty incidence of 36.2 percent. Mindanao consistently ranks among the poorest regions in the Philippines, resulting in a lack of access to food and basic needs. Ateneo de Davao University students are featured in this episode as they share their perspectives on poverty and explore its causes and the challenges that keep communities from moving forward.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_ylo=2021&q=research+paper+about+the+lack+of+food+because+of+poverty+in+mindanao&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5#d=gs_qabs&t=1737342539392&u=%23p%3DTERfyN4UfD8J

Title: More than Empty Plates: Assessing the Factors behind Food Insecurity in the Philippines

Author: Velasco, F. I., & Magpantay, E.

Date: April 22, 2024

KEY INFO: Regions experiencing high food insecurity due to poverty include Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, with other regions showing fluctuating levels over time. Analysis reveals that poverty and slow economic growth contribute to increased food insecurity, while higher minimum wages help alleviate it. Additionally, the cost of food plays a significant role in food insecurity, particularly in the areas where it is most prevalent.

Title: Mindanao Power Webinar Building Back Better Mindanao: A Sustainable and More Resilient"

Author: Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA)

Date: June 22, 2021

KEY INFO: The webinar explores Mindanao's significant challenges in achieving sustainable development, with poverty as a significant barrier to progress. Limited access to essential resources, such as food, is driven by inadequate education and economic instability. As a result, many communities struggle to meet even basic daily needs, perpetuating the cycle of poverty.

Title: One Mindanao: Hunger Incidence 

Author: GMA Regional TV 

Date: September 29, 2020 

KEY INFO: This video segment highlights the pressing challenges faced by some of the most impoverished communities in Davao City. Renante Hintapa, a resident of Ulas, struggles to make ends meet by collecting recyclables, often with little left for food. Supported by compelling survey data from the Social Weather Stations (SWS), it emphasizes how the poor frequently lack access to basic necessities like food and opportunities for a better life.

Title: One in five people in the Philippines live in extreme poverty

Author: Al Jazeera Media Network

Date: March 22, 2019

KEY INFO: After the Marawi conflict, Nor Kya Dik Mao and her children fled to Manila, where her son, Abdul Rahman, struggles to support the family as an unregistered vendor amid poverty and harassment. In the Philippines, poverty drives hunger, with nearly half of children facing food insecurity, over 20% underweight, and the country ranking ninth in child stunting. Displacement from conflict and disasters worsens food shortages, especially in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. Eight organizations are working to provide school nourishment, while the government strives to eliminate food insecurity and reduce stunting by 2030.

Title: Sapat ba ang tulong ng gobyerno?

Author: Section Garnier Grade 11 AdDU Senior High Students

Date: November 9, 2024

KEY INFO: The advocacy poster highlights the critical issue of hunger due to poverty in Mindanao, the region with the highest poverty levels in the Philippines. It identifies weak governance, poor accountability, limited social services, and economic opportunities as key factors. A powerful image of a father pleading for food emphasizes the urgency of the situation. The poster urges action and accountability to break the cycle of poverty and calls on individuals to become agents of change.

Title: 4.8% Families in NorMin are Food Poor in 2023

Author: Philippine Statistics Authority Regional Statistical Services Office X

Date: October 30, 2024

KEY INFO: In 2023, 4.8% of families in Northern Mindanao were considered food poor due to poverty, down from 6.2% in 2021 but higher than the national average of 2.7%. Lanao del Norte had the highest rate (11.1%), and Cagayan de Oro the lowest (0.6%). Bukidnon also had the most food poor families (21,420), while Cagayan de Oro had the least (1,230). Lastly, the monthly food threshold for a family of five was PhP 9,676, a 15.4% increase from 2021, higher than the national threshold of PhP 9,581.

Title: Food Security and Nutrition Roadmap: Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

Author: Relifweb

Date: Oct 14, 2020

KEY INFO: The Bangsamoro, a newly created autonomous region in the part of Mindanao Island in the Philippines, strives to resolve the alarming problem of food insecurity and malnutrition among its people, especially in the rural areas. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (BARMM), about 53 percent of families in the region are poor, and 29.1 percent of them were not able to meet their basic food needs during the first semester of 2018.