[Press Release] PENANG, Malaysia – As the world marks World Environment Day, the Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific (PANAP) today renewed its call for agroecology as a key measure to address and reverse the devastating impacts of corporate-controlled agriculture and pesticide-intensive farming on the environment, biodiversity, and the climate. Corporate agriculture, driven by the profit […]
This Earth Day, we need to confront a hard truth: The dominant food system is fueling the climate crisis. Chemical-intensive, corporate agriculture drives emissions, destroys biodiversity, and pushes farmers deeper into vulnerability. Yet it continues to be treated as the norm. Agroecology has the power to shift the trajectory of the climate crisis by transforming […]
Digitalisation is reshaping agriculture across Asia, from drones and IoT sensors to farmer registries and AI-driven advisories. This factsheet explores how governments, international agencies, tech giants, and startups are driving the digital transformation of farming through databases, smart devices, and new marketplaces that connect farmers to consumers. At its core, digitalisation in agriculture is about […]
by Mabi David, PANAP Agroecology in Action The need for social transformation to address the multiple crises in our food system has been weaponized against the people by using a very narrow and harmful framing of the kind of innovation that is needed to meet the scale of the challenges. A monoculture of meaning was […]
by Mabi David, PANAP Agroecology in Action It’s no longer debatable how the widespread adoption of chemicals and corporate farming have led to the destruction of our topsoil, the contamination of air and water, the sickness and suicides rampant among stricken farmers, the extinction-level losses to our biodiversity, and near-collapse of our planetary systems. Less […]
The Philippines, being a tropical country, has a rich biodiversity. The country’s richness in flora and fauna is also reflected in the diversity of our vegetables at the species and varietal levels. However, relentless promotion of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) by Agri-Transnational Corporations (Agri-TNCs) and facilitated by the government puts at risk these rich biodiversity […]
The video provides a critical analysis of the International Rice Research Institute’s existence and its impacts through its programs and traitorous collaborations with corporations and governments have all led us to say that it has failed to address hunger and poverty in the Philippines and other countries; committed crimes and violations of peoples’, especially farmers’, […]
