Topic: peasant organizations

Farmer is Face of Land Reform's Success at 16
Christine A. Gaylican, Inquirer News Service
June 23, 2004 - After sixteen years the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program ( better known as CARP ) has transformed thousands of tenant-farmers in the Philippines into small farmer-entrepreneurs. This article discusses the experiences of one farmer, Mang Pio, a direct beneficiary of the Asian Development Bank's training for farmers called the Agrarian Reform Communities Project (ARCP) which seeks to provide agrarian reform beneficiaries the right tools to manage their farm lands. . . . .Read More

TAKE ACTION- Colombian Peasant Organization Members Detained
Colombia Solidarity Campaign
March 02, 2004 - Luz Perly Cordoba*, President of the Arauca Campesino Association (ACA), who had accompanied members of the Colombia Solidarity Campaign on a human rights mission to Arauca in February 2003, has been detained by state forces. The organization’s office has been raided by police, which led to further detentions. We call on all individuals and organizations to express their deep dismay and disgust at the continued persecution of the social movement in Arauca, and call on the Colombian state to release Luz Perly Cordoba from detention immediately.