BONGABON, Nueva Ecija: A dairy project aimed at helping address malnutrition here is seen benefiting grade school children, among others, who are the target recipients of the school-based feeding program (SBFP)-milk feeding program.

During the turnover of the project over the weekend, the Bongabon Dairy Cooperative (BDC) received P500,000 in funds from the local government unit for operating expenses.to implement the farm-focused enterprise development project of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).

The Department of Science and Technology provided the cooperative with technical training and extension assistance, while the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) committed sustained milk supplementation to the project.

Under an agreement with DAR, the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Department of Education will procure fresh milk from cooperatives and local dairy producers through a partnership with the National Dairy Authority and the PCC.

The milk supplementation program that is a priority agenda of President Rodrigo Duterte under Republic Act 11037, or “Masustansyang Pagkain para sa Batang Pilipino Act,” is aimed at preventing malnutrition among grade school kids.

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Dr. Ronnie Domingo, in an interview with The Manila Times, said the PCC has 20,000 available carabaos to support nutrition and livelihood interventions through the SBFP.

According to him, Sen. Cynthia Villar’s Senate Committee on Agriculture this year will raise from P10 million to P25 million funds that will be given to each cooperatives nationwide.

Domingo said he would want nutribun to be given to children alongside milk from the BDC.

Nutribun is a milky bread that years ago was given free to public school pupils to help combat child malnutrition

SOURCE: https://www.manilatimes.net