Vol. 14 Issue 1 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE TAN YAN KEE FOUNDATION, INC. January-June 2020
TYKFI Aims for Better Food Production for Healthier Filipinos
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r. Lucio C. Tan, Chairman and President of the Tan Yan Kee Foundation, Inc., roots for a stronger agricultural production program in line with the government’s goal of boosting food security and wellness of all Filipinos.
Philip Sing, the officer in charge of the TYKFI food security project recalls: “As early as five years ago, Dr. Tan already wanted to engage in agro-forestry when he launched the Dr. Lucio Tan Legacy Forest Project in Carranglan, Nueva Ecija in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). He eyed a farmland in Nueva Ecija where we could plant vegetable crops alongside fruit and forest trees. A man of wisdom and vision, Dr. Tan knew that the good earth will always bring food to everyone’s table, rich or poor.”