Tree · Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
MASIPAG
Filipino farmers breeding and swapping their own rice seed.
Works nationally
- seed sovereignty
- farmer seed exchange
- agroecology
- peer to peer
MASIPAG (Farmer-Scientist Partnership for Development) is a farmer-led network in the Philippines of more than 30,000 farmers in 563 member organisations. Members collect, breed and freely exchange seed and know-how, maintaining over 1,300 traditional rice varieties plus 1,288 farmer-bred ones across nearly 200 trial farms. In 2026 it has been campaigning for seed sovereignty and against GM rice approvals.
Programmes cover seed collection and breeding, sustainable agro-ecosystems, local processing and marketing, training and climate resilience. Based in Los Baños, Laguna.
What they offer
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- Farmer-bred seed
- Training
- Trial farms