{"id":155902,"date":"2018-03-10T00:57:25","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T05:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=155902"},"modified":"2018-03-10T00:57:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T05:57:25","slug":"dti-pilmico-tie-up-to-help-backyard-farmers-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/10\/dti-pilmico-tie-up-to-help-backyard-farmers-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"DTI, Pilmico tie-up to help backyard farmers grow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Pilmico Foods Corp. are partnering to support the growth of small-scale agriculture-based enterprises in the country, particularly those involved in food, swine, and poultry businesses. (Photo<\/a> by shankar s.\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0— The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Pilmico Foods Corp. are partnering to support the growth of small-scale agriculture-based enterprises in the country, particularly those involved in food, swine, and poultry businesses.<\/p>\n

DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez and Pilmico Chief Executive Officer Sabin Aboitiz signed the memorandum of agreement (MOA) Friday, linking Pilmico\u2019s flagship program Mahalin Pagkaing Atin with the agency\u2019s Negosyo Centers.<\/p>\n

Aboitiz said Pilmico wants to tap the network of entrepreneurs and potential entrepreneurs to expand its Mahalin Pagkaing Atin program through DTI\u2019s over 800 Negosyo Centers nationwide.<\/p>\n

Under the partnership, Pilmico — the food subsidiary of Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. — will be providing trainings in food, swine, and poultry business.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith our DTI partnership, Mahalin Pagkaing Atin beneficiaries can now level up their business game. They will get training and seminars on how to grow their business,\u201d said Aboitiz.<\/p>\n

Aboitiz added that these trainings will help backyard farmers to become more competitive in the market.<\/p>\n

Topics included in its trainings are livestock raising and animal nutrition, basic and advanced baking, microfinancing, and packaging and\u00a0 labelling.<\/p>\n

For his part, Lopez said the partnership is in line with DTI\u2019s thrust of Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan or providing jobs, business, and livelihood opportunities to Filipinos, particularly in the countryside.<\/p>\n

He said with the support from the private sector, this empower people in rural areas to engage in more economic activities.<\/p>\n

Pilmico\u2019s Mahalin Pagkaing Atin started in 2014 visiting 36 cities and municipalities in 24 provinces in the country.<\/p>\n

Under the program, the company has benefitted 857 individuals and cooperatives with livelihood kit which include 988 piglets, 18,576 ready-to-lay hens, 52 bakery starter kits, and four hog scales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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