Entrepreneurship for out of school youth

MANILA, Philippines - MFI Foundation, Inc. (MFI, formerly Meralco Foundation) recently announced a new Dual Training System (DTS) program in agricultural entrepreneurship that will be offered in the MFI Farm Business Institute (MFI-FBI) campus in Jala-Jala, Rizal. The program aims to motivate out-of-school (OSY) from farming families to get into agribusiness. With an emphasis on hands-on training, MFI-FBI offers post-secondary certificate courses on crop production, animal production, aquaculture, post-harvest processing, farm mechanics and irrigation, food processing and packaging, and agricultural logistics. A module (instead of a semester) runs for four months, with one month residential stay on campus for classroom and laboratory instruction followed by three months on-the-job training off campus. Several youth from Benguet will soon be training at MFI-FBI, in collaboration with Foundations for People Development, Philex Mining Corp., and DA-Agriculture Training Institute. For inquiries, visit the Farm Business Institute at MFI Bldg., Ortigas Avenue, Pasig City (beside the Medical City Hospital) or call (632) 6312444 or 6320756 to 67 local 523 or email [email protected].