Farmers in Northern Mindanao rally for genuine land reform
“In Bukidnon, TNCs conspire with the traditional landlords in grabbing vast tracks of land, and in evading agrarian reform programs.” – Danilo Menente, Kasama-BukidnonBy INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Bulatlat.com
October is hailed by various farmers organizations and grarian reform advocates all over the country as Peasant Month, and beginning October 19, around 10,000 farmers from Bukidnon and Misamis Oriental will take to the streets and highways and gather in Cagayan de Oro City by October 21 to press for genuine agrarian reform in Northern Mindanao and the entire Philippines.
Dubbed as “Lakbayang Mag-uuma alang sa Yuta, Katungod ug Katilingbanong Hustisya” (Peasant Protest March for Land, Rights and Social Justice), the campaign and march will highlight issues from various farming communities in Northern Mindanao.
Organizers led by the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas- Northern Mindanao Region (KMP-NMR), Amihan-NMR, Kalumbay Regional Lumad Organization; Kasama Bukidnon, the Misamis Oriental Farmer’s Association (MOFA) and Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP-NMR) said they will expose issues from these farming communities and bring them to the attention of the regional, national and international media and to the rest of the public. They said the protest themes evolve around the issues of landlessness and the various forms of exploitation suffered by farmers at the hands of landlords, corporations, and the local and national governments.
According to the KMP-NMR, three out of four farmers in the region do not own the lands they till.
Global land grabbing in Bukidnon
Farmers from Bukidnon are expected to speak out against what they call as global land grabbing and human rights violations.
Danilo Menente, Kasama-Bukidnon (Kahugpungan sa mga Mag-uuma sa Bukidnon or Farmers’ Association in Bukidnon) chairman said global land grabbing is putting into serious risk the survival of small farmers and farm workers in the province..... MORE
Source: Bulatlat.com
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/10/17/massive-protests-of-farmers-in-northern-mindanao-slated-on-october-19/
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parang global, masked parity rights, ah.
"According to the Pesticide Action Network in Asia and the Pacific (PAN-AP) “global land grabbing” refers to “land deals, whether as direct purchases or long-term leases, being brokered in poor countries by advanced countries and their transnational companies as they command resources to produce crops either for food, feedstock or agro fuel in commercial and export quantities. These have been called as land grabs, not in reference to their illegality since many of the deals have passed government approval, but as description of the unjust terms through which they have been transacted and the utter lack of consultation with the communities of farmers and indigenous peoples.”"
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