TITLE: For the first time ever, the Bangsamoro government participated in a global hunger and malnutrition summit abroad where its representative talked about how constituent communities are struggling to address both.

AUTHOR: John Unson

DATE: 17 June 2023

KEY CONTENT: The Bangsamoro administration made its first recorded appearance with overseas involvement in the global hunger and malnutrition summit .  Discussing how BARMM villages became markedly poor, still struggling vigorously to overcome underdevelopment caused by armed conflicts in decades past. 

TITLE:Duterte: “I want hunger stopped….  I will improve the Moroland”

AUTHOR:Carolyn O. Arguillas

DATE: OCTOBER 30, 2016

KEY CONTENT: Former President Duterte addressed hunger through the BANGUN Project in one of the most poverty hunger incidences in the Philippines, the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. Focusing hunger and malnutrition among children 0-12 years old in ARMM. He wants to ensure that the children are fed adequately so that they can develop fully and grow into productive adults.

 

TITLE: 4 'tired, hungry' NPA rebels yield to Army in Agusan Sur

AUTHOR: Alexander Lopez
DATE: December 1, 2022

KEY CONTENT: Four New People's Army (NPA) rebels were compelled to turn themselves into the military in Agusan del Sur due to exhaustion and starvation. The NPA stated that they were cut off from sources of food and most of them experienced too much hunger.

AUTHOR: UNICEF Philippines

DATE: 14 November 2019 

KEY CONTENT: The provision depicts an economically disadvantaged family in Bangsamoro, documenting their everyday challenges as well as the severe health concerns that their children confront. Aid proved to be inadequate due to the fact that they were subjected to the same complications every day. The in-need family in Bangsamoro piqued long-term health threats, highlighting the dire situations of the people in Bangsamoro.

TITLE: Volunteers’ Initiatives in Bridging and Empowering Society
AUTHOR: Lo Ivan Reyes Castillon

DATE: 17 January 2020

KEY CONTENT: Feeding programs for the Badjao communities and the city of Cotabato's street kids were started by the Volunteers' Initiatives in Bridging and Empowering Society (VIBES). The volunteers' hub was established for initiatives that seek to "give back" to their communities with the goal to create communities in Mindanao that coexist peacefully and prosper sustainably. They chose the Badjao community and are always left out of support from the government. They are considered the nomads of Cotabato City and usually seen on the streets of many other cities of Mindanao.

TITLE: MINDANAO GUVS LINK UP, TO ENSURE FOOD SUPPLY
AUTHOR: Manny Piñol
DATE: March 24, 2020

KEY CONTENT: Implementing the Self-Sustaining Food Security Strategy (SSFSS) recommended by the Mindanao Development Authority by linking up with one another to ensure stable food supply for their constituents.

TITLE: 2021 Full Year Official Poverty Statistics
AUTHOR:ENGR. AKAN G. TULA

DATE: October 13, 2022

KEY CONTENT: According to the Philippine Statistic Authority, the food threshold is the amount of money a family or individual must make in order to meet their basic food demands and provide them with the nutrients they need to engage in both economically necessary and socially desirable physical activity. Based on a survey they conducted, the food threshold, an individual would need at least PhP 1,683 monthly in 2021 to cover their minimum dietary requirements. A five-person family required at least PHP 8,413. In 2021, 0.59 million Filipinos, or 12.8% of the population, struggled to meet their basic necessities, mostly food.

TITLE: BARMM FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION ROADMAP

AUTHOR: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform - Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

DATE: October 14, 2020

KEY CONTENT: This paper is the result of a collaborative effort between Bangsamoro regional government and the World Food Programme (WFP). It talks about emerging issues and gaps in relation to agriculture and food. In addition to that, strategies and actions are also raised through this report. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform - BARMM strives to resolve the alarming problem of food insecurity and malnutrition among its people especially in the rural areas and this review paper acts as the guide towards that goal.

TITLE: Bloodshed in Kidapawan: Climate change, conflict, politics of famine

AUTHOR: Francisco ‘Pancho’ Lara Jr. Senior Peace and Conflict Adviser, Asia

DATE: April 2016

KEY CONTENT: As drought ravaged North Cotabato like no other province in Mindanao, destroying tens of thousands of hectares of rice plantations, the author, Francisco 'Pancho' Lara Jr., described how, after months of praying for rain, the people received it in the form of bullets raining down on them. He claimed that in order to meet their own requirements, bureaucrats and rebel groups might have a stake in regulating food supplies. This man-made disaster had an impact on individuals, with the poor bearing the brunt of its negative impacts, and it led to widespread food insecurity in the region.  

TITLE: The Philippines' Marawi City Remains Wrecked Nearly 2 Years After ISIS War

AUTHOR: Julie McCarthy 

DATE: June 12, 2019

KEY CONTENT: Julie McCarthy visited one corner of ISIS. It took a five-month siege before Philippine government troops expelled them. Hundreds more displaced families live in one of three tent cities. The unofficial leader of this camp, Olowan Magarang, escorted Julie through its muddy lanes. Children, seeming oblivious to the misery, are everywhere. One of the locals shared, “The children are always crying because there's not enough to eat. The $1,400 of government assistance is all spent. Are we waiting here to just die off?”.  This is an evidence of the food insecurity in Marawi City.

TITLE: Book Launch: The Challenges of Reporting Violent Extremism: Lessons from Mindanao

AUTHOR: MindaNews

DATE: May 20, 2021

KEY CONTENT: The authors and other collaborators successfully launched the valuable book, The Challenges of Reporting Violent Extremism: Lessons from Mindanao while being streamed live on MindaNews' Facebook page. The webinar discussed how the book provides us with insight into the characteristics and nature of violent extremism in the Philippines and how it affects the food production in the Mindanao context. “We all know that in order to solve a challenge, it is very important that we understand the problem itself. And this book gives us an insight into the magnitude of the problem of violent extremism,” according to Maj. Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr., one of the speakers during the previously mentioned event.

TITLE: The MORO READER History and Contemporary Struggles of the Bangsamoro People

AUTHOR: Lualhati M. Abreu, Maria Carinnes P. Alejandria, Kenneth E. Bauzon, Abhoud Syed M. Lingga, Alexander Martin Remollino, Temario C. Rivera, Bobby M. Tuazon, Julkipli Wad

DATE: August 5, 2008

KEY CONTENT:The whole book itself talked about the history of the Bangsamoro and the struggles of its people. However, in a section entitled “The Economic and Security Intricacies of the Bangsamoro Struggle” it slightly stated that the land of the Bangsamoro is one of the reason of conflict stating that in the midst of agro-business,infrastructure, and other development projects in the Moro areas, particularly the ARMM shows some of the most depressing sights of poverty being the highest 23 incidence of poverty and hunger in the country.

TITLE:  The challenges facing tbr Philippines' Bangsamoro Autonomous Reigon at One Year

AUTHOR:Zachary Abuza;  Luke Lischin

DATE: June 10,2020

KEY CONTENT:The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) was created in 2019 to end a long-standing conflict, achieving significant milestones in its first year. However, challenges like intra-Moro competition and the presence of militant groups threaten the peace process. At this critical juncture, external support, particularly from the United States, in the form of counseling, training, oversight, and financial aid, could strengthen BARMM's institutional capacity. Additionally, legislation is needed to ensure food sustainability in the region.

TITLE: MHSDelivers Magazine Vol.1 No.1

AUTHOR: Hamid Aminoddin B. Barra, Jose I. Lorena, Esmael W. Ebrahim, Bonaire M. Madid, Abdulhamid C. Alawi, Jr.

DATE: January-June 2021

KEY CONTENT: The Ministry of Human Settlements and Development in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region focuses on housing and infrastructure development. While not directly related to zero hunger, providing stable housing, community development, and capacity building can indirectly contribute to addressing hunger by empowering communities, supporting local agriculture, and improving infrastructure for better food access and distribution.

TITLE: “KALAM” A DOCUMENTARY FILM 

AUTHOR: Emer James Urbano

DATE: Feb 15, 2019

KEY CONTENT: In the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, similar to other conflict-affected areas in the Philippines, the distressing practice of "pagpag" is a stark reality. Many people in Bangsamoro, struggling with food insecurity exacerbated by conflict, resort to scavenging and recycling leftover food as a means of survival. This heartbreaking situation emphasizes the urgent need for comprehensive measures to address hunger and food insecurity in Bangsamoro, focusing on both immediate relief efforts and long-term strategies for sustainable food access and development.

TITLE: The Philippines: Militancy and the New Bangsamoro

AUTHOR: International Crisis Group

DATE: Jun. 27, 2019

KEY CONTENT: The research is all about the militancy of the new Bangsamoro, talking about the inauguration and marking the culmination of the Bangsamoro Organic Law. In III. Challenges for the Bangsamoro, it slightly talked about the civil war of Bangsamoro against the government and its effect with the people, stating that they were not given the proper respect for their culture and religion, some being unjustly expelled from their land causing no proper home to stay and food to eat.

TITLE: Food shortages and price increases are looming—Here’s how we can help solve such crisis

AUTHOR: Edna Bagadiong

DATE: July 06, 2023

KEY CONTENT: The arrival of the El Niño weather patterns would likely cause it to be a lot harder to put food on the family dinner table in the coming months. Considering the fact that Mindanao supplies nearly half the entire country's food requirements, this can not only affect the minimum wage workers in this industry, it can also affect everyone in the Philippines' food requirements. This can also highly affect the Bangsamoro, as they are heavily dependent on agriculture and the weather patterns can affect the sustainability of their food supply.

TITLE: The Invisible Monster Short Film

AUTHOR: Director Javier Fesser

DATE: Nov 27, 2020

KEY CONTENT: In the midst of hardship, grief, war, and famine, the Filipino soul finds delight in the movie. Aminodin, who lives and works in a dump, and Aliman, who resides in an evacuation camp, are the two kids who star in it. We learn from these two boys that hunger and joy are not always apparent to the naked eye. The 32-minute documentary movie, which was directed by Oscar-nominated director Javier Fesser, was filmed in Marawi City, whose residents are still dealing with the impacts of the 5-month siege that took place from May to October 2017. The "actors" in the movie are all actual residents who experienced the siege and are not paid actors. The movie aims to inspire people to take action against malnutrition, a condition that affects 4 million Filipino children and is the most severe type of hunger.

TITLE: EDITORIAL - A looming food crisis

AUTHOR: The Philippine Star

DATE: May 21, 2022

KEY CONTENT: The warning about the impending food crisis, though not explicitly mentioning regions like Bangsamoro, holds significant relevance for such areas. In the context of Bangsamoro, which has its unique challenges including conflict-related issues, the convergence of factors like the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, international conflicts like the Russia-Ukraine situation, and climate change heightens its vulnerability. This impending food crisis, compounded by rising fuel prices and increasing debt, underscores the pressing need to prioritize local agricultural production in Bangsamoro. By doing so, not only can the region ensure food security and alleviate hunger, but it can also address the complex interplay of conflict and food insecurity that affects the area.