The present big health problem of swine flu—or as the World Health Organization wants it called, A/H1N1 influenza—presents a very advantageous window of opportunity for local hog raisers, according to a nongovernment development organization on Saturday.

The Foundation for a Sustainable Society (FSSI) at the Kapihan sa Cypress forum at Treehouse restaurant in Quezon City said local hog products should now be more aggressively promoted. Foundation associate director Agusto Camba said, “Consumers must buy local products. If we patronize our own products, this would make local business more viable. READ MORE. 

When the largest corporations began taking about the green agenda by introducing eco-friendlier products or by reducing their operations’ environmental impact, many marked this as a victory in the environmental front.There is, however, a diverse segment of economic drivers called micro, small and medium enterprises [MSMEs] who have an innate vision for improving the plight of their local economies but are also generators of environmental wastes affecting ecological issues such as climate change, hazards, water availability, among others.

“There’s a powerful segment that we need to collaborate with if we are to significantly reduce the negative environmental impacts from business activities.” says Foundation for a Sustainable Society (FSSi) Executive Director Emma Lim-Sandrino. This she says in the context of a country where 99.6 percent of establishments are categorized as MSMEs that produces a third of total domestic production. (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE)