Nutrition and Food Security Programs
Recognizing that nutrition plays a fundamental role not just in a child’s development but also in the nation’s economic growth, PSFI works to improve food and nutrition security in the Philippines. Our programs aim to promote good nutrition behavior and increase reliable access to sufficient quantities of affordable, nutritious food to lead a healthy life.
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The Shell Training Farms (currently located in the provinces of Palawan, Camarines Sur and Pililla, Rizal) espouse the Integrated Farming Bio-systems (IFBS) Program, one of the earliest projects of PSFI. IFBS is designed to promote sustainable benefits (or you mean “the benefits of sustainable crop production, animal husbandry, and agro-forestry, conversion of farm wastes into bio-fertilizers and farm entrepreneurship. The program also addresses various farm issues faced by farming communities, particularly on soil erosion, fishpond water and soil pollution, and on the high cost of inputs like fertilizers, pesticides, and seeds.
18,690 farmers trained, around 60% of whom are agrarian reform beneficiaries.