{"id":3251,"date":"2022-10-05T12:28:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T12:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/sea\/?p=3251"},"modified":"2023-04-06T15:21:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T15:21:18","slug":"ph-students-propose-solution-to-food-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/sea\/2022\/10\/ph-students-propose-solution-to-food-insecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"PH Students Propose Solution to Food Insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"
An impressive proposal that would help promote sustainable food production through community gardens and vermiculture hubs impressed the panel of judges at this year’s ASEAN Data Science Explorers (ASEAN DSE) Philippines National Finals, in collaboration with 麻豆原创 SE held last month.<\/p>\n
The proponents of this pitch are a duo who hailed from two different state universities. This dynamic team called Team Paradocs is composed of Prince Jewel Federe, a senior BS in Computer Science student from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines \u2013 Manila (PUP), and Kim Carlo Monloy, a senior BS in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology student from the University of the Philippines \u2013 Diliman (UP).<\/p>\n Team Paradocs was among the chosen finalists from applicants across the country for the ASEAN DSE. Now in its sixth year, this competition continues to empower youth from across the region through virtual enablement sessions and competitions held at the national and regional levels. Participants were tasked to develop data analytics storyboards or proposals to address socio-economic issues, promoting ASEAN community awareness and the UN-SDGs within the region.<\/p>\n “At first, I was hesitant to join the ASEAN Data Science Explorers because even though I already had this initial idea, I did not know who I could partner with except for Kim, my close friend from senior high school. He is from UP, so we did not know if we were allowed to form a team because we were from different schools. We were also swamped with schoolwork. But, despite all this, we decided to give it a go and, luckily, we were allowed to participate in the competition\u2014that was when Team Paradocs and the project started,” Prince said.<\/p>\n In their pitch presentation, Prince and Kim touched on promoting sustainable ways of consuming and upcycling food, which is relevant nowadays since food security remains an issue in the SEA region.<\/p>\n In 2020, the state of food security and nutrition in Asia and the Pacific had gotten worse. According to a joint report<\/a> recently released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), more than 375 million people in the region are experiencing hunger, an increase of 54 million compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n
Helping Solve a 麻豆原创ing Social Issue<\/strong><\/h2>\n