{"id":90866,"date":"2017-02-22T21:51:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T02:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=90866"},"modified":"2017-02-22T21:51:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T02:51:04","slug":"govt-coca-cola-tie-up-to-provide-clean-water-to-water-scarce-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/22\/govt-coca-cola-tie-up-to-provide-clean-water-to-water-scarce-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t, Coca-Cola tie up to provide clean water to water-scarce communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_90870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90870\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/12552967_1001180939927944_5700121513200749341_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90870\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/12552967_1001180939927944_5700121513200749341_n.png\" alt=\"A subsidiary of beverage firm Coca-Cola Company has committed technical and funding support for the installation of water access technology to water-scarce communities in the country over the next four years. (Photo: COCA-COLA Philippines\/Facebook)\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/12552967_1001180939927944_5700121513200749341_n.png 500w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/12552967_1001180939927944_5700121513200749341_n-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/12552967_1001180939927944_5700121513200749341_n-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A subsidiary of beverage firm Coca-Cola Company has committed technical and funding support for the installation of water access technology to water-scarce communities in the country over the next four years. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CocaColaPhilippines\/photos\/a.309290225783689.71461.309290079117037\/1001180939927944\/?type=1&amp;theater\">COCA-COLA Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014A subsidiary of beverage firm Coca-Cola Company has committed technical and funding support for the installation of water access technology to water-scarce communities in the country over the next four years.<\/p>\n<p>Coca-Cola Far East, Ltd (CCFEL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Department of Agriculture (DA) wherein the former would provide water-poor communities access to clean water under its Coca-Cola Agos project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(This) will serve as the means to help achieve CCFEL\u2019s water replenishment commitments and the DA\u2019s promotion of small farmers\u2019 development,\u201d said Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Pi\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n<p>Under the MOU, the DA will identify the beneficiaries through the Special Areas for Agricultural Development (SAAD), a project intended to increase food production and alleviate poverty in the 10 provinces.<\/p>\n<p>The CCFEL, for its part, will assist the DA in the social preparation and capacity-building of the community in terms of maintaining the water facility, proper caring for the natural water resource environment, and organizing water association.<\/p>\n<p>The community beneficiaries will come from the country\u2019s 10 marginalized provinces that have existing natural sources of water that are difficult to access for agricultural use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to have good farmers who are willing to organize a water association; willing to undergo various capacity-building and trainings; and willing to participate in any post-project evaluation and documentation activities,\u201d Pi\u00f1ol said.<\/p>\n<p>The agriculture chief said a team from the DA will work closely with CCFEL to provide technical expertise all throughout the project implementation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014A subsidiary of beverage firm Coca-Cola Company has committed technical and funding support for the installation of water access technology &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":90870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[2946],"class_list":["post-90866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-coca-cola","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}