Resource Materials

The Real Tresppasers: Landgrabbing in the name of Palm Oil in Southern Philippines

by Ilang-Ilang Quijano

Speak Out! Communities Asserting their Rights to Food Sovereignty (June 2012)

Last May 6 to 10, an International Fact-Finding Mission (IFFM) was held in Tingalan and Bagocboc to investigate complaints of landgrabbing received from a local indigenous peoples group. The IFFM was organised by Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP), Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas or Peasant Movement of the Philippines (KMP), Asian Peasant Coalition (APC), and the Kalumbay Regional Lumad Organization, among other organisations.

Wages and Livelihood Struggles of Filipino Agricultural Workers

Prepared By Roy B. Morilla of Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) for the Agricultural Workers Meeting, May 20-22, 2005, Penang, Malaysia

Philippine agriculture has been the main indicator of the Filipino society, describing it quite as a whole. At the countrysides, the level of technological production remains backward and the relations are predominantly feudal between the big landlords and comprador bourgeoisie and the landless peasants.

Migrant Farmworkers in the United States

Presentation by Carlos Marentes of Border Agricultural Workers Project (UTAF) at the International Agricultural Workers Meeting, Penang, Malaysia

Hazardous Technologies, Transnational Corporations (TNCs) and Impact on the Health of Agriculture Workers

The Case of Dole Philippines, Inc.

Presentation by Jose Teruel at the International Agricultural Workers Meeting, May 20-22, 2005, Penang, Malaysia

It is common knowledge that in its zealous drive to earn super-profits, transnational corporations (TNCs) employ all methods - thinkable and unthinkable - to exploit human and natural resources, sell their products and keep their industries afloat in the market.

Exploitation of Farm Workers in Sugar Plantations in the Philippines

Prepared by Ms Cynthia A. Deduro for the Agricultural Workers Meeting, May 20-22, 2005, Penang, Malaysia

Resistance and Repression in the Sugar Workers Movement

John Milton Lozande,  Secretary General, National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW), Philippines

Prepared for the Agricultural Workers Conference, May 20-22, 2005, Penang, Malaysia