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“Cooperativism is the only countervailing force against violent extremism and against climate, phenomena which unfortunately are becoming ordinary” – Undersecretary Orlando Ravanera Thousands of delegates from the cooperatives, People’s Organizations (POs) and Indigenous Peoples (IPs) sectors from different regions in Mindanao gathered in Xavier University Gymnasium last September 5, 2019 (Friday) to attend the Mindanao Cooperative Summit 2019 with the theme: “Achieving Food Security,...

Article courtesy of Global Land Tool Network : https://gltn.net/2019/07/11/towards-viable-landscape-governance-systems-training-indigenous-peoples-communities-in-bukidnon-philippines/

In a fast-changing world, land tenure and food security has become a great concern for many, especially in the developing countries. In Northern Mindanao, Philippines, a forum was conducted on April 30, 2019 facilitated by Xavier Science Foundation, Inc. (XSF) in partnership with the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC), UN-HABITAT and the Regional Land Use Committee (RLUC) of the National Economic Development Authority –...

To improve tenure security of smallholder farmers in select areas in the Philippines, Xavier Science Foundation, Inc. (XSF) in partnership with the Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC), the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) and UN-Habitat has launched the ground implementation of the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) with eight (8) local enumerators on April 9, 2019 at Sitio Tinaytayan, Brgy. San Miguel, Talakag, Bukidnon.   XSF staff assists a local...

  NEDA-10 Regional Director Myla Faye Aurora B Carino presented NaLUA’s salient features to the plenary. Representatives from several partner Indigenous Peoples Organizations (IPOs) from Bukidnon enthusiastically shared their insights on the proposed National Land Use Act (NaLUA) during a forum co-hosted by Xavier Science Foundation, Inc. (XSF) and the National Economic Development Authority-10 (NEDA-10) at their office in Cagayan de Oro City, Northern Mindanao Region on April 10, 2019....

VALENCIA CITY – Xavier Science Foundation, Inc. (XSF) has successfully turned-over the Tribal Hall (Tulogan) and the Bantay sa Yutang Kabilin (BYK) equipment to the Bayawon, Lucday, Lungayan, Pendonay, Tandacol Tribal Association, Inc. (BLLUPENTTRAS Inc.) on March 22, 2019, at Sitio Tandacol, Barangay Lilingayon, Valencia City, Bukidnon. The Tribal Hall (Tulogan) construction started last October 2018 and it was completed in 88 days. The project was funded by the Forest Foundation Philippines...