{"id":57742,"date":"2023-08-04T10:55:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T02:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=57742"},"modified":"2023-08-04T10:55:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T02:55:52","slug":"pldt-smart-promote-ph-food-security-with-home-gardening-web-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2023\/08\/04\/pldt-smart-promote-ph-food-security-with-home-gardening-web-series\/","title":{"rendered":"PLDT, Smart promote PH food security with home gardening web series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PLDT, Inc. (PLDT) and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) continue to bank on technology to promote food security in the Philippines through its urban gardening web series, \u2018Kalye Mabunga\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This ten-episode learning series explores various planting techniques that can be done within the comfort of the viewers\u2019 homes or communities. The complete set of \u2018Kalye Mabunga\u2019 episodes can be accessed on\u00a0Smart Communities\u00a0official Facebook page and\u00a0iADAPT, an online learning platform of the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPart of PLDT and Smart\u2019s key advocacies include finding technology-driven solutions to help address food insecurity, expressing our full and long-term commitment to supporting the government\u2019s initiatives towards a food-secure Philippines. By creating \u2018Kalye Mabunga\u2019 and putting it online, we aim to educate families and communities on home and community gardening, one kalye at a time,\u201d said Stephanie V. Orlino, AVP and Head of Stakeholder Management Team at PLDT and Smart.

\"PLDT,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supported by the Department of Agriculture \u2013 Agricultural Learning Institute, \u2018Kalye Mabunga\u2019 features online learning content on the fundamentals of growing food at home. This is to help fight hunger and malnutrition in the Philippines which had worsened especially during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To complement the online learning series, PLDT and Smart also distributed \u2018PlantSmart\u2019 kits to Filipino communities to help augment the cost of their meals. Each \u2018PlantSmart\u2019 kit contains vegetable seeds, loam soil, and fertilizers, and instructions on how to access \u2018Kalye Mabunga\u2019 online.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joining the celebration of National Nutrition Month this year, PLDT and Smart have provided 2,400 planting kits to schools in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. To date, 10,650 \u2018PlantSmart\u2019 kits have been delivered to more than 300 communities nationwide, benefiting urban and rural communities, members of women and faith-based organizations, coops, and indigenous cultural communities.

\"PLDT,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disruptions in the agricultural supply chain at the height of the pandemic led many Filipinos towards urban farming and gardening. While some view this activity as a mere pastime in these challenging times, PLDT believes that putting online the information about the basics of edible gardening at home can play a pivotal role in further promoting food security and nutrition in the Philippines. Enabling households to grow their own food can help meet their own nutritional requirements.PLDT and Smart recognize the vital role of accessible nutritious food to one\u2019s overall health. This is aligned with the Group\u2019s commitment to achieving the UNSDGs #2 Zero Hunger and #3 Good Health and Well-Being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Supported by the Department of Agriculture \u2013 Agricultural Learning Institute, \u2018Kalye Mabunga\u2019 features online learning content on the fundamentals of growing food at home. This is to help fight hunger and malnutrition in the Philippines which had worsened especially during the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":57748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[379,343,96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-57742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-pldt","tag-smart-communications","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}