Manila
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Jayces Garello
+44 7528 334054
jayces@iislaventures.com
Achieving food security in a developing country like the Philippines is beset with various politico-economic and socio-ecological constraints. Central to the issue is securing the income of rural communities, especially smallholder farmers and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). While there has been an increase in the number of individuals investing in agriculture and food processing, small-scale food producers lack the capacity to access the needed capital to expand their businesses due to weak entrepreneurial skills. This is exacerbated by structural problems that disconnects producers with consumers in a lengthened value chain, coupled with the urgent need to regenerate the environment and increase resilience to climate change. Unless systemic changes are made, the aim of having a stable supply of nutritious food that is affordable, especially to the millions of people still living in poverty, would be difficult to achieve.
IISLA Ventures has been mapping out the food system and the entrepreneurial landscape in the Philippines since early 2018 to identify investment opportunities in the food value chain and how to effectively channel capital for sustainable rural development and ensure food security for all whilst protecting/regenerating the environment.
Aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals including no poverty (SDG1), zero hunger (SDG2), good health and wellbeing (SDG3), reduce inequality (SDG 10), responsible consumption and production (SDG12) and life on land (SDG15), the insights from the two-year ground work will be presented by IISLA Founder and CEO, Jennifer Viloria and COO, Mel Yan,