July 6, Tuesday, 10 PM Eastern Time
July 7, Wednesday, 10 AM Philippines Time

Please register at https://bit.ly/PESmindanaoforum2021.

We welcome all interested scholars to the following multi-stakeholder roundtable on the place of industrial agriculture in the past and future imaginaries of the Philippine South.

Economic stagnation, poverty, and armed conflict are locked in a vicious cycle with tremendous impacts on lives and livelihood. One attempt to break the cycle was the pioneering investments in banana plantations in former conflict areas that initially solved multidimensional problems involving property protection, harmonization of local cultural norms with international business practices, and complementary investments. However, this model has recently been beset by external and internal challenges that threaten business viability—and also the peace it provides. This forum aims to extract the issues surrounding this development paradigm and highlight the pitfalls and the promise of such a model.

Speakers and panelists:

Cielito Habito, Ateneo de Manila University
Senen Bacani, Department of Agriculture, Philippines
Alyssa Paredes, University of Michigan
Charlotte Conde, Land Bank of the Philippines
Bai Mariam S. Mangudadatu, Province of Maguindanao
Datu Abubakar P. Paglas, Datu Paglas Maguindanao

This event is co-sponsored by the Philippine Economic Society, the University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and Northern Bukidnon State College.

For inquiries, please email pes.eaea@gmail.com