Organic and rights based approaches to food security, climate change and sustainable development a global overview ROBERT JORDAN Ecological based organic production applied ecology. Push and Pull system of Maize production companion planting approach taken to farm system level MASIPAG by the numbers As of 2013, MASIPAG has 563 member peopless organizations 38 NGO partners; 20 church-based development organizations 15 scientist-partners 30,000 farmer members in the POs 3 farmers using MASIPAG seeds, for every farmer-member 188 trial farms (maintaining a minimum of 50 traditional rice varieties) 2 national back-up farms 8 regional back-up farms 1,313 traditional rice varieties collected and maintained 1,288 MASIPAG rice 506 farmer-bred rice 67 rice farmer-breeders 12 corn farmer-breeders In response to adverse agroclimatic conditions brought about by climate change, MASIPAG has documented Masipag rice, farmer-bred rice and TRVs with particular adaptation: 7 flood tolerant varieties 17 drought tolerant varieties 19 saline (saltwater) tolerant varieties 23 pests or diseases resistant varieties