For generations, agriculture has been in a shady situation: while farmers exhaust themselves day and night to feed the nation, they often are the ones who suffer most to put food on their own tables. Indeed, many local farmers, particularly in Baybay City, Leyte, face the same challenges, compounded by other external factors that affect […]
We call the coconut the “Tree of Life,” but for many families in our rural villages, the income from it barely covers the basics. Between stagnant copra prices and old-school farming methods that just aren’t cutting it anymore, the struggle is real. That’s exactly why Crislin Cruz-Cortez and her team at the National Coconut Research […]
Eastern Visayas ranks as the sixth-largest coconut-producing region in the country, sustaining the livelihoods of thousands of local farming households. However, managing this agricultural footprint has never been easy. The region experiences catastrophic storms year-round and is situated within the Pacific typhoon belt. In 2013, Super Typhoon Haiyan destroyed many local coconut trees, which caused […]
In the global battle against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), a medical advancement is at hand. Our scientists have manufactured pills that prevent the symptoms and act as effective treatments. Yet, despite these scientific interventions, misinformation, fear, and social stigma persist. In many communities, especially in Asia, the fear of being “positive” is a dilemma affecting […]
