by Admin | Jul 30, 2022 | Economic Rights, Impact Stories, Uncategorized
The key to good coffee? Give farmers better quality of life ECONOMIC RIGHTS Photo from Bote Central Groups push for PRESENT bill as social enterprises bloom Social enterprises in the Philippines and in Asia have been dubbed as ‘potential game changers’ as they...
by Admin | Jul 30, 2022 | Economic Rights, Impact Stories, Uncategorized
Mayani: Using tech to help farmers feed Filipinos, ensure market, and reduce food waste ECONOMIC RIGHTS Photo from Mayani Photos showing truckloads of disposed fresh produce went viral in the months after the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions were imposed. This opened...
by Admin | Apr 5, 2022 | Economic Rights
ECONOMIC RIGHTS Sorrow and Survival of a Woman Banana Farmer Her ownership of a small banana farm in Compostela, Davao de Oro has been fraught with trials, the most devastating of which was the slaying of her husband in 2016. Welma Hibaya, a woman farmer...
by Admin | Apr 5, 2022 | Economic Rights
ECONOMIC RIGHTS NUVIARCO, Harvesting Gains Despite The Pandemic While the world confronts the pandemic, the women and men banana farmers of the farmers’ cooperative in Nueva Visayas, Mawab, Davao de Oro have been blessed with constant harvests of big and...
by Admin | Feb 26, 2021 | Economic Rights, Impact Stories
ECONOMIC RIGHTS Fruits of labor: Rising costs, sinking profits dash hopes of ComVal banana farmers It’s been 44 years since she first stepped foot in Compostela Valley, but Angela Vicente, 65, still remembers her first day of work. Barely an adult at 21, Vicente was...
by Admin | Jul 8, 2020 | Economic Rights
ECONOMIC RIGHTS Visible women: Carving spaces for women farmers in the Philippines Lucena Jumamoy, 64, sits outside her home after tending to her dogs. From afar her house is a splash of color on an unassuming street. A shocking purple for its walls, and a bright red...
by Admin | Oct 16, 2019 | Economic Rights, Impact Stories
ECONOMIC RIGHTS Solidarity in invisibility: The women in banana farms start to rise A farmer cuts bananas from the peduncle. By Mikhaela Dimpas A great divide between men and women has always been seen. Men and their sons are expected to work, while the women and...
by Admin | Oct 16, 2019 | Economic Rights, Impact Stories
ECONOMIC RIGHTS Something plagues our banana farms A farmer carries banana crates on his shoulder. In Compostela, a 13.5kg box of bananas can sell for as little as $3.00 (P150). The cost of inputs like pesticide and fertilizer are further deducted from this. Four men...