Tag: urban gardening

SUGBUSOG PROGRAM OFFERS HOPE – GARCIA

Post author By Cassandra Ching
Post date September 3, 2020
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Jesus Cortes now has a more compelling reason to expand his container vegetable garden. After winning the prize money of around P26,000, Cortes is now keen in growing a bigger garden at his house. He was one of the winners of the Cebu provincial government’s SugBusog (Sugbuanong Busog, Luwas ug Himsog), a food security program […]

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URBAN AGRICULTURE WILL ADDRESS FOOD SUFFICIENCY – VILLAR

Post author By Yna Sipelimo
Post date July 13, 2018
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Urban agriculture is a viable intervention to make poor households and communities healthier and more food sufficient, Senator Cynthia Villar said. Villar, who is the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, notes how the spiraling prices of food and other commodities have made life more difficult for families in poor urban communities. […]

Tags food sufficiency, Senator Cynthia Villar, urban gardening, vegetable gardening