Feature Stories

Slideshow from left to right: Signing of the ordinance in Barangay Camingawan (May 8); Barangay Tagukon, Kabankalan City (May 9); Barangay Tabunan, Bago City (May 11); Barangay Mailum (May 13), Bago City; Barangay Bacong-Montilla, Bago City (May 12), and Barangay Minoyan, Murcia (May 14). Ray Allan Gomez, a farmer from Kabankalan City, is determined to have traditional seed varieties documented at the barangay level. He aims to prevent the loss of traditional varieties of ric

In celebration of Women’s Month and the International Year of the Woman Farmer “ Ang kaya ng lalaki, kaya rin ng babae .” (Women can do what men can do.) – Joventina Ong, Bago City, Negros Occidental When people imagine farming, the image we immediately picture is often men tending the fields. But the quote above carries two meanings at once: an affirmation of women’s capability and a response to long histories of exclusion in agricultural spaces. As the United Nations declar

Farmers in a village in Bhutan revive traditional rice varieties that have been lost due to the introduction of high-yielding varieties.

A foremost communicator and columnist in the Philippines features SEARICE's arguments and questions about Golden Rice.

Khanduthang farmers who had previously never heard and seen a crop of Dhaincha (Sesbania aculeta) now produce and sell its seeds to earn cas

Golden Rice has been touted as the solution to a humanitarian need, but IPRs restrict access to it.

Supporters of Golden Rice neglect the voices of Philippine farmers and other sectors opposed to this genetically modified variety.