Alliance of Filipino women, Gabriela, called on President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to prioritize fundamental agricultural reforms in time for the celebration of the International Day of Rural Women.
Members of Gabriela joined the protest action led by peasant women organization AMIHAN
The Alliance for Resilience, Sustainability and Empowerment is supporting the initiative of the National Food Authority to raise its buying price for palay (unhusked rice), but it should be above P22 to allow farmers to earn.
The Department of Agriculture recognizes on its website that "the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sector is pivotal in generating employment for about a third of the country’s labor force, thereby reducing poverty and inequality for three-fourths of the poor who are in the rural areas."
It also says that the sector is key to providing raw materials to the manufacturing and service sectors of the Philippines.
The DA also says that its mission is "to help and empower the farming and fishing communities and the private sector to produce enough, accessible and affordable food for every Filipino and a decent income for all."
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Amid the rising prices of fuel and basic commodities, Amihan National Federation of Peasant Women urged the national government on Wednesday, March 9, to repeal the Rice Liberalization Law.