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In February 2015, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Dr. Hilal Elver, visited the Philippines and met with government agencies as well as civil society organizations and social movement groups representing the marginalized sectors of the country. This report documents the meeting betw …

20 November 2015 We all want action on climate change, but what does that action mean? Will it be effective, will it be fair, and are the Paris climate talks going to deliver that action? The Road Through Paris is a free newspaper that is being distributed in the run up to COP 21 in Paris. It critic …

28 August 2015 Issues or problems associated with land have become more multi-layered in the 21st century.  In particular in the Philippine setting, a number of “pro-poor” land laws were enacted after the Marcos dictatorship. These laws were products of social movements’ struggles and mass movement …

What exactly is the climate change crisis? How does it affect us? Are we causing it? How? How is it going to affecting our land, water, food and lifestyle? Can we anything about it? How? Why is the practice of agroecology so important in addition to clean energy? Should we wait for global agreements …

We are pleased to present our 2014 Annual Report. The year 2014 brought many challenges across the South and South East Asia region. In Thailand, the military seized power in May after months of political upheaval and protests. The junta imposed several orders and declared martial law that inhibited …

This Handbook on Agroecology: Farmers’ Manual on Sustainable Practices is third in the series of booklets on Agroecology for small and marginal farmers, brought out by the Focus on the Global South in partnership with the Rosa LuxembergStiftung (RLS), South Asia. There are several agroecological pra …

This booklet is the second in the series on small and marginal farmers in India (following Where Have all the Small Farmers Gone?) and presents the advantages of agroecological practices. We travelled far and wide to understand how farmers are growing what they want to grow, preserving indigenous va …

Introduction About a third of the global population today or around 2 billion people have no access to medicines, according to the WorldHealth Organization (WHO). This figure includes a large number in Southeast Asia.[1] Governments play a crucial role in ensuring that affordable medicines are made …