Audio
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Filipino farmers demand for rice subsidies
©FAO/James Belgrave
25 April 2016--- This is a radio documentary about the violent dispersal of starving farmers in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato, Philippines last April 1. Suffering from a prolonged drought made worse by government inaction, six thousand farmers were demanding for rice subsidies but were denied held and instead were shot at by state forces.

Kodao Productions / Radio Veritas, Philippines (in English).
15min. 47sec.
Topic(s): Agriculture & crops, Food production & stocks, Food Security, Hunger & food insecurity, Rural or agricultural development
Produced by: AMARC-FAO
 
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