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Uphold our right to food self- sufficiency

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PNFSP is the result of the National Conference on Food Security held in Tagaytay City from August 29 to 30, 2005 with the participation of 25 organizations from all over the country. Aware of the dismal state of food security in the Philippines, the participants resolved to unify and dedicate their collective effort to addressing and upholding the people’s right to food.

As advocates of sustainable development, network members respond to issues that go beyond the quantity and quality of food. 

The network addresses core issues that threaten food security including conversion of agricultural lands, landlessness, import liberalization, feudal relations of production, backward means of production, migration and urban poverty, unequal food distribution, and generically engineered food. The network also recognizes political instability, natural disasters, and development aggression as factors that worsen food insecurity.

Our Vision and Goals

Vision

PNFSP envisions self –determining and self -reliant society where people have secured their right to safe, sufficient and nutritious food.

Mission

PNFSP commits to advance the right to food of the most disadvantaged sector towards food self-sufficiency.

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Network Members

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The Ten Guiding Principles (Core Values)

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  1. Sustainable and scientific in our ways and methods
     
  2. Environmentally caring 
     
  3. Gender sensitive and fair
     
  4. Safeguarding the rights of children
     
  5. PNFSP upholds a distinct bias for the rights and welfare of disadvantaged people
     
  6. Attuned to the level of acceptability, awareness and capacity of the people
     
  7. Providing opportunities to upgrade the people's capacities
     
  8. Adhering to the principle of collective empowerment and self-reliance
     
  9. Sense of community and concern for others
     
  10. Respectful of political, cultural and religious beliefs and practices including that of indigenous communities 
Sustainable Agriculture and Community-Level Appropriate Technology

  • Research on local practices and techniques as well as those in other regions and countries

  • Participative development and testing of appropriate techniques and alternative energy sources

  • Workshops in target communities

  • Promotion, implementation, and evaluation tested techniques and practices

Institutional Capacity Development

  • Conducting trainings and education

  • Facilitation of trainings and other related activities

  • Skills development (project proposal making, program management, monitoring and evaluation)

  • Facilitation of farmers’ exchange programs

Campaign, Advocacy and Netwroking

  • Situational updates on food security-related issues

  • Sharing of information experiences, services, material resources through data banks

  • Regular updates on food security (written or in other forms)

  • Promotion of the food security concept

  • Recruitment of organizations that subscribe to PNFSP’s concept of food security.

Programs

SACLAT

Sustainable Agriculture and Community-Level Appropriate Technology

SACLAT has been the focal program of PNFSP. This program aims to improve the food security situation of farming communities by providing training in agriculture, technical assistance and PO capacity building. SACLAT continually undertakes research and development of sustainable agriculture and appropriate technologies that are low-cost, uses indigenous practices or materials, and adaptive to the community.

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ICD

Institutional Capacity Development


The Institutional Capacity Development (ICD) program conducts members' training to ensure that the members are fully capable in implementing their activities. Among the trainings implemented are technical writing, social research and advocacy and campaign management.

CAN

Campaign, Advocacy and Networking

The program aims to advance PNFSP's efforts in terms of campaign, advocacy and networking, highlighting the common food security related issues faced by its member organizations: mining, land-grabbing, climate change, rice importation, genetically modified products, and others. PNFSP participates in national and international platforms to deliver the network's stand on issues. Among the platforms PNFSP participate with are Resist AgroChem TNC's, Green Action PH, and Stop Golden Rice Networking.

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It also brings local issues faced by network members to the national level by means of lobbying, and mass campaigns.

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Activities include forum, roundtable discussions, dialogue with government officials, policy lobbying, and press conferences.

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CLDPR

Community Level Disaster Preparedness & Resiliency


Community Level Disaster Preparedness & Resiliency (CLDPR) has been PNFSP's response to climate induced and man made disasters. This project provides services thru psychosocial intervention, relief and rehabilitation, PO building and capacity enhancement, training in sustainable agriculture, disaster preparedness, health training in common diseases and malnutrition. This is a rights based approach to attain basic right to food, safety and well-being.

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