THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE
Don Bosco Foundation for Sustainable Development, Inc. (DBFSDI)
 
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program areas

To contribute to the fulfillment of our vision, we implement programs and services that assist farmers in their shift to diversified biodynamic farming systems from the time they prepare the seeds to the time when their produce are brought to the table of the consumers, a comprehensive and holistic approach to community empowerment.

  • Biodynamic agriculture extension and development among farming households from rural communities
  • Capability-building and institutional development support
  • Participatory appropriate technology and holistic science development
  • Gender education and women empowerment
  • Holistic medicine alternatives promotion
  • Micro-industry and micro-enterprise development
  • Research and development on sustainable agriculture systems in crops and livestock
  • Plant genetic resources collection, retrieval, genebanking, conservation and development
  • Policy advocacy and campaigns
  • Networking/collaborative partnerships
  • Alternative savings, micro-finance and credit services for partner-farmers, women, entrepreneurs, and organizations
  • Market access and fair trading system of organic and biodynamic products of partner-farmers and POs
  • Internal quality control systems and organic certification
  • Resource-building for sustainability

 

 
 

 

extension program

research and development

credit, marketing and distribution support

policy, advocacy and networking

 

"We are committed to help bring about a transition from an anthropocentric to a biocentric norm of life, one that does diminish the splendor of the life support systems of the Earth which are the modes of the awesome magnificence of the Divine.  Beyond democracy, we are COMMITTED to BIOCRACY. "