Member since: 2007
Working towards these commitments
Secure Tenure Rights
Transparent and accessible information
Effective actions against land grabbing
Protected land rights defenders
Mission
To improve the lives of the rural poor by supporting their initiatives to gain access to land, water and other natural resources essential in attaining a humane and dignified life.
The Task Force Mapalad, Inc. (TFM) is a national federation of farmers, farm workers and individual advocates working for genuine access to land and rural development in the Philippines.
Objectives
- To secure land tenure of farmers and farm workers under the Philippine agrarian reform program.
- To increase farmers’ productivity by mobilizing support for credit capital, sustainable farming technology, marketing and productive services.
- To create a national and local policy environment that favours genuine agrarian reform and rural development, and social justice.
- To develop the capacities of farmers and farm workers in engaging government, civil society and international development organizations for agrarian reform and rural development.
Constituencies
Its constituencies include landless farmers and farm workers.
