AGHAM-Advocates of Science and Technology for the People strongly urge the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to withdraw its order to demolish fish pens and mussel and oyster farms in Cavite City, Kawit, Rosario and Noveleta. Instead, DENR must listen to the affected communities and give them enough support to improve their livelihood amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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…
AGHAM Advocates of Science and Technology for the People decries Senator Cynthia Villar’s recent pronouncement regarding land conversion as one that reeks of arrogance and ignorance on Philippine agriculture. But this is expected from someone whose family business involves converting lands into commercial and residential use.
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…
Charter change will intensify the rice crisis and worsen the already stunted local agriculture According to the scientist group AGHAM, the National Food Authority’s recent pronouncement about the current rice inventory signifies a prolonged food crisis in the coming months. NFA estimates that the current supply shall only last for Read more…
We at AGHAM-Advocates of Science and Technology for the People denounce the Duterte government’s band aid solution to the rice crisis as this will not be resolved under a liberalized rice industry. In light of the rice shortage crisis, the President announced Thursday that it already gave the approval for Read more…
Scientist group AGHAM slams the Duterte government’s band aid solution to the rice crisis, saying that the problem will not be resolved under a liberalized rice industry. In light of the rice shortage crisis, the President announced Thursday that it already gave the approval for the 250,000 MT standby rice Read more…