GRANTEE: Seedcore Agri Industrial Corporation
COUNTRY: Philippines
Taytay, Palawan, confronts severe climate change impacts (intense typhoons, temperature fluctuations) and overfishing, leaving local communities reliant on fragile traditional livelihoods. The project introduces and scales up climate-resilient seaweed farming techniques to combat this economic instability and environmental degradation.
The unique value-add is training at least 120 farmers (with a focus on women and youth) in cultivating disease-resistant seaweed, alongside providing business literacy training to form a community-managed cooperative focused on high-quality and value-added products.
This holistic approach enhances livelihood stability, restores degraded marine habitats, and utilizes seaweed as a carbon-sequestering climate solution, ensuring long-term environmental and economic resilience.
