Planting Partnerships: Reimagining Cooperation for Farmers’ Rights

If farmers are the roots of our food systems, then collaboration must be the rain that sustains them — not the storm that washes them away. In her presentation at the 2nd Global Symposium on Farmers’ Rights, SEARICE Executive Director Normita Ignacio shared why partnerships must put farmers at the center.

Sep 293 min read

Strength of Today: Youth Voices in the Struggle for Farmers’ Rights

“Youth is not only the hope of tomorrow — we are the strength of today.” At the Regional Workshop on Sustainable Food Systems and Farmers’ Rights (Sept 13–15, 2025), youth farmers showed that they are not just future leaders but key actors today — raising concrete proposals and shaping the path toward just and sustainable food systems.

Sep 243 min read

SEARICE Highlights the Need to Protect the Farmers Seed Systems at the Launch of the 3rd Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

SEARICE joins the launch of the third report on the state of the world’s plant genetic resources for food and agriculture.

Mar 243 min read

SEARICE trains farmers to improve crop cultivation

SEARICE organizes a training on crop improvement for representatives of 15 farmers' associations in Negros Occidental Province, Philippines

Oct 9, 20241 min read

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