• 5,000

    Target employment creation thru More With Less project

  • 783

    Community members egaged in backyard gardening

  • 478

    Individuals engaged in Kabalikat Farmers Program

  • 139

    Participants trained in organic pesticide and fertilizer production

  • 57

    Training of Trainers participants

  • 33

    Barangays and coconut farmer groups trained on Organizational Management

Growing Prosperity

Families throughout Southern Palawan demonstrate generations of knowledge in sustainable agriculture, traditional crafts, and cooperative economic systems that provide pathways to prosperity while protecting ancestral lands.

Master farmers, skilled artisans, and community cooperatives lead livelihood initiatives that blend time-tested practices with innovative approaches, creating income opportunities that strengthen both household economies and cultural heritage. We partner with these community economic leaders as they build enterprises rooted in traditional knowledge and environmental stewardship.

  • Community/School Backyard Gardening

    Supporting families and schools as they create productive food gardens where experienced growers share traditional knowledge about nutrition, organic cultivation, composting, and seed preservation while developing innovative approaches to sustainable food production and community food security.

  • Handicrafts Training

    Empowering skilled artisans as they mentor community members in traditional handicraft techniques that preserve cultural heritage while creating sustainable income opportunities through cooperative production and marketing approaches.

More With Less is a five-year collaborative initiative between DANIDA, PBSP, Lionheart Farms, BaiAni Foundation, and PCA that transforms traditional coconut farming into sustainable agribusiness. By focusing on coconut sap production and value-added processing, the project creates decent work opportunities while promoting agricultural innovation.

The program empowers farmer cooperatives with viable business models and engages youth through hands-on learning in hybrid seedling nurseries and demonstration farms, ultimately contributing to SDG 8's goals of sustainable economic growth.

Gabay Kasanayan

  • Organic Fertilizer and Pesticides Training

    Facilitating knowledge exchanges where master farmers lead peer education sessions on creating organic fertilizers and natural pesticides using locally available materials, combining ancestral agricultural practices with sustainable farming innovations.

  • Biochar Training/Planning

    Supporting agricultural innovators as they lead community education on biochar production and soil restoration techniques that rebuild land fertility using traditional knowledge combined with climate-adaptive farming methods.