“Naranasan ko pong hindi kumain noon bata ako.” This was what 49-year-old Ilocana farmer and community leader Arlene Lopez said when she recalled her challenging childhood, growing up and losing their farm in a land dispute.

In Tuguegarao, where farming is one of the main sources of livelihood among residents, 36-year-old Maureen Ann Blancad has transformed her life as a farmer and her community through the power of technology.

PLDT and Smart supported the Global Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship Exposition 2024 organized by the College of Economics and Management of UP Los Baños in partnership with the Philippines Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture (PPSA).

More than 5,000 participants, composed of representatives of micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises, farmers, cooperatives, government agencies, and non-government organizations learned more about artificial intelligence and how to harness its potential to enhance businesses.

PLDT Group supported a recent Grow Asia and Philippines Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture webinar attended by more than 500 farmers, MSMEs, cooperative representatives, and traders of agriculture-related products and services from all over the Philippines.

Philippines Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture and the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture, with the support of PLDT and Smart, recently held a forum which highlighted apps, tools, and research initiatives on climate action in the Philippines.