Philippines: The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority spearheads training programs
He said they also plan to collect animal feces in Manila Zoo to use as fertilizers, which will be distributed free in all barangays in the City of Manila to support the urban farming project.
Manila Standard
Oct 1, 2020
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“Imagine if every barangay in Manila is engaged in Urban Farming, or planted vegetables instead of flowers in Manila’s Parks? That will surely mitigate hunger of poor families within the city,” Blasquez said in a statement.
He said they also plan to collect animal feces in Manila Zoo to use as fertilizers, which will be distributed free in all barangays in the City of Manila to support the urban farming project.
“This will surely benefit the community in eradicating wastes and turn it to fertilizers for the vegetables,” adds Blasquez.
He said they will start conducting training on October 3, and the project was already launched in a groundbreaking ceremony last September 28, in Barangay 668 in Ermita, Manila.
The ceremony was graced by Aniceto John Bertiz, TESDA Deputy Director General for Partnership and Linkages, and MARINO Partylist, among others.
Bertiz, in his speech, said that to participate in the advocacy to end poverty and hunger, TESDA’s contribution to help the community is conducting a training in Urban Community Agriculture, providing an end-to-end program with the theme “Kaalaman, Kakakayahan, Kabuhayan.”
Blasquez noted that the first batch of trainees are members of the Badjao indigenous people, and were given seeds as startups for urban farming, and grocery packs. They will undergo five weekends of training for the project.
