Food importation Experts have warned that the Philippines' long history of importing ... to swings in global prices and makes Filipino farmers poor while making available food expensive for ...

However, 33 percent of the estimated two million rice farmers are the poorest of the poor in the Philippines. A thin layer of landlords dominates production and extracts most of the profits ...

When the farmers and indigenous Lumad people asked ... a city in the province of North Cotabato in the Philippines. Philippine government and police officials accused leftist groups of provoking ...