A farmers group protested on Wednesday (May 13) against the new normal in agriculture proposed by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Inter-Agency Task Force to Eliminate Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) Task Group on Food Security.
A farmers group protested on Wednesday (May 13) against the new normal in agriculture proposed by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Inter-Agency Task Force to Eliminate Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) Task Group on Food Security.
It is nothing but a reiteration of old and failed institutionalized market-driven and neoliberal policies in agriculture, specifically importation, liberalization, and unfettered influx of foreign investments, said the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP).
These very same policies led to the current underdeveloped state of Philippine agriculture. The same track of neoliberal policies will further plunge farmers into hunger and poverty of epic proportions, it added.
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