“Gintong sibuyas!” Ate Mayeth exclaimed when asked about the rising prices of onions in the past months. In the urban poor community where Ate Mayeth lives, the price of onion has more than doubled from what it’s worth. “Laki ng diperensya kumpara noon dahil sa sampung piso, makakabili ka na Read more…
AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People warns that President Bongbong Marcos’ refusal to appoint a full-time Secretary for the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Health means more hardship for the Filipino people as the two agencies have crucial mandates in ensuring food security Read more…
AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People decries the longstanding problem of overproduction of food harvests, which are being blamed by Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban to the farmers not being able to plan for their planting season. AGHAM’s Secretary General, Jonallin Yang stated, “such statement coming from Read more…
AGHAM- Advocates of Science and Technology deplores President-elect BBM’s self-appointment as the new Secretary of the Department of Agriculture when he has not laid down a concrete agenda in addressing the worsening food crisis and insecurity in the country. His promise of lowering the price of a kilo of rice Read more…
AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People vehemently condemns the Philippine National Police (PNP) for violently and illegally arresting 87 agrarian reform beneficiaries and peasant advocates who were peacefully participating in a “bungkalan” in Hacienda Tinang, Concepcion, Tarlac. The “bungkalan” is an activity wherein farmers and land Read more…
Advocates of Science and Technology for the People or AGHAM calls for immediate support to local food and meat producers to arrest the problem with skyrocketing prices of food commodities. The scientist group urges the Duterte government to urgently address the issue affecting every Filipinos’ gut problem. The all-time high Read more…
Despite being known as an agricultural country, the Philippines is now facing serious drawbacks in the agricultural sector particularly the rice industry in the midst of the implementation of the rice liberalization law. The major staple food which Filipino farmers have cultivated from time immemorial and which serve as their Read more…
Scientist group AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People slams the National Food Authority’s proposed increase in the price of NFA rice, saying that it will only aggravate the situation of the poor. According to various news sources, the NFA has recently announced that it will increase Read more…
The AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People calls on the Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) to immediately halt its plan on importing 17,000 metric tons (MT) of round scad (galunggong) this upcoming closed season. The said plan only addresses the Read more…
AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People is deeply concerned over the recent rice weevil infestation of about 330,000 bags of imported rice loaded at the Subic Bay and the Tabaco City, Albay Freeports. We urge the Duterte administration to immediately strengthen control and monitoring mechanisms on Read more…