Upland Rice, Sorghum Farming In Cotabato Tribal Areas (FOOD FOR THOUGHT by Manny Piñol)

Photo Courtesy: Manny Piñol facebook page Sorghum and Upland Rice Farming will start this month in six Pilot Areas of the vast Tribal Ancestral Domains of North Cotabato. An initial area of 200 hectares will be planted to Sorghum with a Buy-Back Agreement with the Southseas Agri-Aqua Ventures, Inc., a small company which Sen. Ping…

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Food crisis (LETTERS FROM DAVAO by Jun Ledesma)

Photo courtesy: carnegieendowment.org Amidst the din that came on the heels of the dubious blankety-blank General Appropristion Budget and the precipitate impeachment of VP Sara Duterte is the looming food crisis that the country faces. Both the economic advisers and agriculture officials have raised the spectre of catastrophic shortage of food particularly rice supply. This…

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