{"id":5379,"date":"2023-05-03T09:35:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T09:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/?p=5379"},"modified":"2023-07-18T09:36:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T09:36:00","slug":"farmers-to-ph-govt-support-organic-farming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/farmers-to-ph-govt-support-organic-farming\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers to PH gov\u2019t: Support organic farming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A farmer-led organization on Tuesday, May 2, called on the national government to protect the rights of small-scale farmers and support organic farming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-9.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130917\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe call on the national government and the local government units (LGU) to listen to the small farmers and support organic farming,\u201d said Magsasaka at Siyentipiko Para sa Pag-Unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG) Visayas Regional Management Team Chair Rodolfo Cortez on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The peasant group stressed that government support is essential for the entire country to find a &#8220;more sustainable way&#8221; of achieving safe and affordable food for all Filipinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with its calls to support organic farming, the organization welcomed the Supreme Court\u2019s issuance of writ of Kalikasan, halting the commercial release of genetically modified rice and eggplant products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MASIPAG, along with other peasant organizations and advocates, previously stated that genetically modified crops pose threat not only to consumers\u2019 health but also to the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c[W]e strongly believe that [genetically modified] rice or golden rice and Bt eggplant will not benefit us, and will do more harm than good,\u201d Cortez furthered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In relation to its calls regarding organic farming, MASIPAG urged the national government and all local government units (LGUs) across the archipelago to grant the passage of an ordinance that will prevent the entry of genetically modified crops, saying that this would protect the farmers\u2019 and consumers\u2019 right to healthy and safe food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A farmer-led organization on Tuesday, May 2, called on the national government to protect the rights of small-scale farmers and support organic farming. \u201cWe call on the national government and the local government units (LGU) to listen to the small farmers and support organic farming,\u201d said Magsasaka at Siyentipiko Para sa Pag-Unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176,29,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-farmers-place","category-sustainable-rice"],"acf":{"enable_premium_overlay":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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