DAVAO CITY – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is expanding its Resilient Livelihoods Development (RLD) project to the Indigenous Peoples (IP) communities in the mountainous town of South Upi in Maguindanao del Sur.
DAVAO CITY – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is expanding its Resilient Livelihoods Development project to the Indigenous Peoples communities in the mountainous town of South Upi in Maguindanao del Sur.
Several Teduray leaders in the municipality were also displaced in recent conflicts due to land dispute which was identified as the root of the recent killings of tribal leaders in the municipality. During a recent gathering here with implementing partners from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, FAO stated that the IP communities in South Upi face compounded challenges of displacement due to land disputes, poverty, high adolescent pregnancy rates, and gender-based violence .
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