DAVAO CITY —Belgian Ambassador Michel Parys has recently visited members of the MASIPAG Mindanao or the “Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura,” an NGO network in the southern Philippine city of Davao being supported by the Kingdom of Belgium.
MASIPAG Mindanao briefed Parys on the updates of various
development projects, including land reform programs and how the farmers
resorted to agro-ecology in coping up with the Covid-19 pandemic and effects of
climate change.
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Belgian Ambassador Michel Parys poses with members of the Bayanihan Women's Organization in the village of Wangan in Davao City’s Calinan District during his visit to the office of the MASIPAG Mindanao.
During the community visit in the village of Wangan in Calinan District, MASIPAG Mindanao leaders showcased their trial farm and rice-based Diversified Integrated Farm System maintained by the Bayanihan Women’s Organization and its federation the Kababaihang Nagtataglay ng Bihirang Lakas.
Parys was awed at how farmers do the actual transplanting of rice
seedlings. He also expressed his gratitude to the MASIPAG Mindanao for hosting
the visit as he saw and heard from the farmers themselves the development
projects being supported by the Belgian government.
“MASIPAG is honored to host Ambassador Parys. We are grateful for the
opportunity to share the collective experience of our network. Our network also
expresses our commitment to improve the quality of life of small-scale farmers as
we are committed to advancing agro-ecology,” said Leo XL Fuentes, MASIPAG
Mindanao Coordinator. (Malou Cablinda)
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