Pilmico Empowers Cebuanos with Sustainable Livelihoods Grants

Pilmico, the food subsidiary of Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc., continues to champion backyard farming and sustainable livelihoods in the country through its donation of piglets, egg machine and bakery kits in Cebu.

Over 500 Cebuanos witnessed the turn over ceremony of livelihood packages, which include piglets, egg machines and bakery kits, to 27 beneficiaries during Pilmico’s Mahalin Pagkaing Atin Food and Livelhood Expo held at the Bonifacio R. Bacaltos, Sports & Cultural Centrum, in Sibonga, Cebu on May 18.

The food and livelihood expo was also attended by Mahalin Pagkaing Atin Ambassador, Chef Boy Logro and Dr. Jefferson Canilang, Pilmico regional sales manager for feeds and Joel Enrique, regional sales manager for flour.

The livelihood assistance consists of 30 piglets, each with one-cycle feed consumption, 10 egg machines which consist of 48-chicken set each with one month feed consumption and 2 bakery starter kits which consists of 1-deck 4-tray bread oven, bread rack, working table, a delivery bike and 10 bags of flour.

These are expected to enable local farmers to sustain their livelihoods through an easy-to-manage business with a quick return on investment, despite the threats of poverty, tragedy or conflict.

These donations are part of Pilmico’s Mahalin Pagkaing Atin program, a campaign introduced in mid-2014 that aims to promote sustainable entrepreneurship through promotion of local produce and instill a “pride of product, pride of place” mindset for both farmers and local consumers, thus enabling operators to maximize profit without passing through middlemen, the press statement said.

Pilmico has already donated a total of 880 piglets, 252 egg machines, six bakery starter packages as well as assisted 14 agri-posts where beneficiaries received feedbags as restart-up capital.

“We go around the country to promote backyard farming because we believe in the potential of our Filipino farmers to be a successful Partner for Growth. We hope that these piglets, egg machines and bakery kits will serve as the right tools to enable our farmers to develop sustainable livelihoods in the years to come,” said Sabin M. Aboitiz, Pilmico president and chief executive officer. (PNA) LDV/EB/PR/EDS