C. Luzon groups launch movement to protect farmlands from conversion

CABANATUAN CITY — Farmers’ groups and civil society organizations in Central Luzon launched the Save the Rice Granary Movement (SRGM) on Friday and called for a two-year moratorium on land conversion permits, warning that the continued loss of agricultural lands is worsening the country’s food security crisis. The movement was launched at the Nueva Ecija

By besguerra