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Advocates of Science and Technology for the People (Filipino: Samahan ng Nagtataguyod ng Agham at Teknolohiya Para sa Sambayanan) or simply Agham is a non-governmental science advocacy organization based in the Philippines. Founded in 1999 by professors and students of the University of the Philippines Diliman, the group focuses its campaigns and community service in the areas of food security, public utilities, environment, national industrialization, science education, and the welfare of scientists in the country.

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  • Advocates of Science and Technology for the People (Filipino: Samahan ng Nagtataguyod ng Agham at Teknolohiya Para sa Sambayanan) or simply Agham is a non-governmental science advocacy organization based in the Philippines. Founded in 1999 by professors and students of the University of the Philippines Diliman, the group focuses its campaigns and community service in the areas of food security, public utilities, environment, national industrialization, science education, and the welfare of scientists in the country. The group is notable for its promotion of citizen science and is very vocal regarding many issues confronting the country. Agham regularly conducts fact finding missions of environmental disasters in cooperation with sectoral organizations, particularly peasants’ and workers’ groups. Agham is affiliated with the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), a coalition of progressive organizations and openly supports Bayan Muna Partylist of the Makabayan bloc in the Philippine Congress. Agham should not be confused with AGHAM Partylist, a political party founded in 2005 of which the former has no affiliation with. (en)
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  • 1999-07-24 (xsd:date)
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  • Samahan ng Nagtataguyod ng Agham at Teknolohiya Para sa Sambayanan (en)
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  • Citizen Science,Environmentalism,Food Security
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  • Makabayan, Bayan Muna, IPCM (en)
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  • 1999-07-24 (xsd:date)
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  • Giovanni Tapang, PhD (en)
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  • Agham - Advocates of Science & Technology for the People (en)
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  • Samahan ng Nagtataguyod ng Agham at Teknolohiya Para sa Sambayanan (en)
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  • Feny Cosico (en)
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  • Advocates of Science and Technology for the People (Filipino: Samahan ng Nagtataguyod ng Agham at Teknolohiya Para sa Sambayanan) or simply Agham is a non-governmental science advocacy organization based in the Philippines. Founded in 1999 by professors and students of the University of the Philippines Diliman, the group focuses its campaigns and community service in the areas of food security, public utilities, environment, national industrialization, science education, and the welfare of scientists in the country. (en)
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