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    New Biofuel Project in Isabela
    October 2011
    Jennifer Franco
     Danny Carranza and Joann Fernandez (Rightsnet)

    A Philippines biofuel project would appear to fit the World Bank's definition of a "win-win" scenario with its promise of jobs and conversion of 'idle land'. However a closer look unveils corporate manipulation, political corruption and exploitation of subsistence farmers that typically...

    The Agrarian Roots of Violent Conflict
    June 2011
    Jun Borras
     Sietze Vellema, Fransisco Lara

    Conflict in Southern Philippines is caused as much by agrarian economics and politics as ethnic and religious differences.

    The Coming Global Food Fight
    March 2011
    John Cavanagh
     Robin Broad

    As anger mounts in response to rising global food prices, small-scale farms rooted in local markets are showing how to avert international disaster and lead the way to "food democracy."

    Farmer by Farmer, an Organic Transition
    February 2011
    John Cavanagh
     Robin Broad

    After decades of chemicals, farmers in the Philippines are seeing the benefits of organic farming. But what convinced them to make the switch in the first place?

    Philippines: Food for a Rooted Future
    January 2011
    John Cavanagh
     Robin Broad

    The successful initiatives of farmers to take back control of their lives and gain food security are empowering communities in the Philippines and around the world.

    Political Dynamics of Land-grabbing in Southeast Asia: Understanding Europe's Role
    Political Dynamics of Land-grabbing in Southeast Asia: Understanding Europe's Ro
    January 2011
    Jun Borras
    Jennifer Franco

    The European Union is a significant player in the widespread occurrence of land-grabbing in Southeast Asia; both through its corporate sector and public policies.

    Activists from across Asia explain how the EU’s free trade agenda affects them: (3) Labour rights in the Philippines
    November 2010

    In the third of a series of interviews with civil society activists from Asia we hear about the damaging impacts of free trade agreements on labour rights in the Philippines.

    Activists from across Asia explain how the EU’s free trade agenda affects them: (1) Indonesia and China
    October 2010

    At the Asia Europe People’s Forum in Brussels we interviewed some civil society activists from across Asia, to find out more about the damaging impacts of free trade agreements on the everyday lives of people in their countries.

    New economics for a new administration
    August 2010
    Walden Bello

    A new government in the Philippines offers the country a rare window to fundamentally shift away from failed economic policies, subordinate to neoliberal ideology and the pre-eminance of illegitimate foreign debtors.

    The Problem with Old, Familiar Faces
    July 2010
    Walden Bello

    With more poor people in the Philippines now than at any other time in history, its time for the new government to break with the old policy of putting foreign debtors and IMF doctrine first.

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