Organic and rights based approaches to food security, climate change and sustainable development – a global overview ROBERT JORDAN

Ecological based organic production – applied ecology. Push and Pull system of Maize production – companion planting approach taken to farm system level

MASIPAG by the numbers As of 2013, MASIPAG has 563 member peoples’s organizations 38 NGO partners; 20 church-based development organizations 15 scientist-partners 30,000 farmer members in the POs 3 farmers using MASIPAG seeds, for every farmer-member 188 trial farms (maintaining a minimum of 50 traditional rice varieties) 2 national back-up farms 8 regional back-up farms 1,313 traditional rice varieties collected and maintained 1,288 MASIPAG rice 506 farmer-bred rice 67 rice farmer-breeders 12 corn farmer-breeders In response to adverse agroclimatic conditions brought about by climate change, MASIPAG has documented Masipag rice, farmer-bred rice and TRVs with particular adaptation: 7 flood tolerant varieties 17 drought tolerant varieties 19 saline (saltwater) tolerant varieties 23 pests or diseases resistant varieties