Tag: agriculture

Hazard resilient agriculture practices in the Philippines

November 23, 2016

One of the news item that caught my attention a few weeks ago was the prediction of scientists that 2017 would be hotter than 2016:...

5 Transformations Needed in the Philippines

April 23, 2016

At election time, candidates like to talk of change. Sobra na, tama na, palitan na! Tunay na pagbabago! are frequently used slogans. But why is it...

Reconsider FTI sale, find ways to “revolutionize” access to market and ensure food supply- Kiko Pangilinan

June 21, 2011

This is the press statement from Senator Kiko Pangilinan. Reacting to the government’s pronouncements that the full sale of the Food Terminal Inc. (FTI) complex...

@kikopangilinan: Jobless as “Farmtreneurs” key to food security and jobs creation

May 13, 2011

It must have been thirty years ago when I worked at the UP Institute for Small Scale Industries in the early 80’s. Providing ways to...

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BlogWatch receives the “Best Story” Award for the First Data Journalism PH 2015 from the Open Knowledge Foundation and Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism for their story on “Aid Monitoring: Citizens’ Initial Efforts in the Wake of Typhoon Yolanda” . Forbes Philippines also received the same award.