A Cebuano scholar from the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman urged global action on agrarian reform and pro-poor food systems at an international conference in Colombia, which over 400 academics and rural advocates attended alongside a major UN-facilitated multilateral forum. UP Assistant Professor Karlo Mikhail I. Mongaya, born and raised in Cebu City, presented the co-authored paper “Food Regimes and Radical Movements in Agrarian Change: An Invitation for Rethinking the Agrarian Question in the Philippines,” at the International Academic Conference for Land, Life & Society held at the University of Cartagena from February 20–22, 2026. The academic gathering ran […]... Keep on reading: Filipino Scholar urges fresh look at agrarian reform at international conference in Colombia