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Slide 1: Vegetable Growers Organization of The Philippines
Slide 1: Vegetable Growers Organization of The Philippines
Mission
To improve the quality of
life of resource-poor
farmers.
MASIPAG is a farmer-led
network of people’s MASIPAG by the numbers
organizations, NGOs and As of 2016, MASIPAG has
scientists working towards 512 member peoples’s
the sustainable use and organizations
management of biodiversity 41 NGO partners; 20 church-
through farmers’ control of based development organizations
genetic and biological 15 scientist-partners
resources, agricultural around 30,000 farmers reached in
production and associated 63 provinces
knowledge. 3 farmers using MASIPAG seeds,
for every farmer-member-
Organized by thirty-three (33) founding
cooperators composed of family farmers, their
families and farm personnel.
Empowering small scale women and men
farmers in Asia
Consolidate the voices, the produce, and the
material and non-material wealth (such as
knowledge) of their members, (2) promote
democratic, just, inclusive, and participatory
processes and systems, and (3) promote self-
reliance and a collective shaping of their
members/communities’ destinies.
Address
Km. 108 Barangay Castillo, Padre Garcia, Batangas
@PamilyangFilipinoFarmersAgriculturalCooperative · E
-commerce website
Mission
Just, free, peaceful, healthy, economically viable,
sustainable and resilient family farming communities
in As
L29, Joy Nostalg Centre,
17 ADB Avenue,
Ortigas Center, Pasig City, 1600,
Philippines
secretariat@ppsa-ph.org
Our Vision
The Enabler of multi- The Philippines Partnership for
stakeholder partnerships for Sustainable Agriculture (PPSA) was
sustainable and inclusive formally launched in 2015 by Grow
food systems that empower Asia and the Department of Agriculture
and transform smallholder in partnership with local and global
farmers and fishers to be companies.
self-reliant and resilient. PPSA brings together companies,
Our Mission government agencies, civil society
We harness the collective organizations, farmer groups and
strength of agricultural financial institutions to link smallholder
value chain farmers to the market with the shared
players towards goal of improving farmers’ profitability
transforming food systems and productivity while increasing the
to become climate positive environmental sustainability of their
and inclusive through farms.
market-driven solutions.
Location:
61-A Chico Street, Quirino 2-A, Empowering small scale Women and
Quezon City, Philippines 1102 Men Farmers in Asia
Telephone:
(632) 8641 2067 An Asian alliance of national farmers
(632) 7148 3052 organizations composed of small-scale
E-mail: women and men family farmers, fishers,
afa@asianfarmers.org indigenous peoples, forest users,
Website: herders, and pastoralists.
www.asianfarmers.org
Kapeyapaan Farmers
Association in Bansalan, Davao
del Sur