Philippines

The House Special Committee on Food Security on Tuesday gave its nod to the substitute bill promoting integrated urban agriculture to boost the country’s food security. Party-list Rep. Orestes T. Salon of AGRI, one of the principal authors of the proposed Integrated Urban Agriculture Act, said the measure seeks to avert “a possible crisis brought about by food insecurity”. Under the bill… Read more

THE Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) welcomes two new companies in Mindanao during their Mindanao Membership Meeting last Friday, September 29 at the Marco Polo Hotel. PBSP is a corporate-led social development foundation in the country which is committed to reduce poverty in the Philippines. It was established in 1970 and since then had been advocating for stronger corporate… Read more

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During Innovation Olympics 2017, a competition organized by vegetable seed company East‑West Seed last September 29 at the University of the Philippines‑Los Banos (UPLB), Laguna, students from different universities presented new ideas to address real‑life challenges of smallholder vegetable farmers. After a three‑day training capped by a pitch competition, two teams from UPLB and one… Read more

CULTURAL masters from the Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia the Philippines East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) have gathered for a five-day festival to showcase their rich heritage and foster greater friendship and harmony among the region’s diverse peoples. Hundreds of artists and performers are turning out for the inaugural Budayaw 2017 – the BIMP-EAGA Festival on Culture and… Read more

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MANILA, Philippines – At her organic farm in Silang, Cavite, Karla Delgado noticed that there just wasn’t enough produce to feed all of the farmers’ families and have leftover to sell, which goes into paying their salaries. She came up with a hack: share the seeds. “We consulted with them and asked, what are your favorite vegetables? What are the easiest to grow?’” she says… Read more

One in every two children under five years of age suffer from stunting, or those whose height is short for their age, reveals a study of state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). PIDS consultant Alejandro Herrin in a policy note titled “Preventing Childhood Stunting: Why and How?” disclosed that the Philippines has shown little progress in reducing the… Read more

The Cocoa of Excellence Program has selected cacao-bean samples sent by Charita Puentespina of Puentespina Farms in Davao as part of the best 50 samples from a total of 166 samples received from 40 countries for the 2017 edition. The samples were sent through freight with cost shouldered by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Davao City.  The DTI Export Marketing Bureau was… Read more

The City Government of Davao will look into developing organic farming as a long-term solution to the decreasing volume of fruit produced in the city due to climate change. During the Durian Festival launch at the SM Lanang Premier event grounds on August 11, City Councilor Marissa Abella said they discovered that organically-grown fruits are much more resilient with climate changes and excess… Read more