The Rizal provincial government, together with Sen. Imee Marcos, launched the pilot testing for the Nutribun Feeding Program aiming to ensure food security and curb malnutrition of children amid the various economic and social issues affecting the country's food security.
Photo from Gov. Nina Yn
Various nutritious food technologies are set to be adopted after the Department of Science and Technology - Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) signed a partnership with the DOST Regional III, DOST Bulacan, micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and the local government units (L
More than 470 undernourished children from the municipalities of Laurel and Talisay, Batangas have benefitted from the four-month long Enhanced Nutribun (e-Nutribun) Feeding Program implemented by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) an
The Department of Science and Technology-Food Nutrition and Research Institute’s (DOST-FNRI) Enhanced Nutribun (E-Nutribun) technology did wonders on the productivity and income-generating capacity of a bakeshop in Malaybalay City in Bukidnon.
Enhanced nutribun sweet potato variant (Screengrab f
One out of six or 15.5 percent of Filipino infants and children aged six months to five years had vitamin A deficiency (VAD), particularly those in the rural areas, based on the 2018-2019 Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS) of the Department of Science and Technology’s Food and Nutrition Resea