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[email protected] “Land is life…We do not just defend it, We fight for it so that we can live with dignity.” – BTL farmers Acknowledgement We are very grateful to the individuals and organizations who supported us all the way in assisting the campaign for agrarian reform and human rights of the BTL farmers. We specifically extend our thanks to the following: Marjo Busto of the Women in Agriculture Program of the Pesticide Action Network in Asia and the Pacific (PAN-AP); Kate Lappin, Tomoko Kashiwazaki, Tina Lee, Tita Lubi and Tess Vistro of the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD); and Niza Concepcion of the Com- mittee for Asian Women (CAW), for ringing the bell to the international agrarian reform and human rights commu- nity. At the ground level in Bukidnon, far from the eyes of national and international media and support groups, the struggle of the BTL farmers have become very vulnerable to the culprit's persistence.