Hack4Food: Agriculture and Food Innovation Challenge 2022

Wazzup Pilipinas!?

A call to action

Hack4Food: Agriculture and Food Innovation Challenge 2022 aims to foster creativity and collaboration in solving the challenges facing agriculture and food systems.  The agriculture and food value chain -- from production to distribution, and up to consumption-- can substantially gain from clever imagination and novel thinking.

The Philippines is home to an estimated 111 million people spread across its 7,641 islands.  Ensuring food sustainability and inclusivity for its growing population is serious business.  Achieving the desired state of agriculture will require a lot of work from both the public and private sectors. The youth of our country have a substantial stake in propelling the developmental progress of agriculture as they will inherit all its gifts and ills.

This one-week virtual hackathon challenges the youth to step-up and make a positive impact in agriculture and food challenges. It is open to all stakeholders passionate about the fate of the planet and its inhabitants and committed to make a difference.

Hack4Food is brought to you by the Rotary Club of Makati (RCM), in collaboration with Rotary Club of Bay, Rotaract Club of Makati, and the Analytics Association of the Philippines (AAP).

Challenges

●       Improving the lives of farmers/fisherfolks through enhanced economies of scale (i.e., reduced production costs, increased yields, decreased cost per unit of output);

●       Empowering farmers through collective action and by aggregating their outputs into viable clusters that improve operations and profits;

●       Enhancing farmer profits through direct matching of producer and buyer; and reducing the participation of middlemen to the lowest possible level without adversely affecting the supply chain;

●       Supporting and encouraging farmers to engage in crop diversification, which has been proven to help fertilize the soil;

●       Implementing digital technologies and data analytics which enhance overall farm productivity and efficiency;

●       Creating object detection technologies which can aid in production and/or distribution decisions;

●       Designing value chains that take into account climate change and other sources of risks;

●       Developing forecasting models and tools that guide decision-making in value chains;

Prizes

1st place	₱50,000
2nd place	₱30,000
3rd place	₱20,000

Eligibility

●       Groups of 2-5 or individuals

●       Filipino citizens within the Philippines

●       No age limit

Registration

Please visit hack4food.co for more details. Deadline is on Saturday, February 26th, 2022 at 11:59 PM.

Contact

For any questions and concerns, please e-mail at info@hack4food.co.

Pasig city Vice Mayor Iyo Bernardo versus Mayor Vico Sotto

Wazzup Pilipinas!?

Pasig City Vice Mayor Iyo Bernardo hits Mayor Vico Sotto for allegedly politicizing and using social media to cover the flaws of his governance in the city. 

Iyo Bernardo blasts Vico Sotto for allegedly besmirching his family’s name and reputation during the flag ceremony last week.

Bernardo to Sotto: “Suwerte ka sumikat ka ngayong panahon ng social media… Alam mo ang formula para mapansin, sumikat at mapag-usapan” 

Pasig Vice Mayor Iyo Bernardo says Mayor Vico Sotto allegedly scolded him and the city council for passing an ordinance that increased the cash aid for tricycle drivers to P4,000 from P3,000.

Bernardo questioned the purchase of drones, hiring of non-Pasigueños as department heads.

He likens Mayor Vico Sotto to an actor, reaping awards even if there are other people working behind the scenes.

“Nakakalungkot ang Pasig. Naging isang pelikula na lamang, puro palabas.” 

Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto hit Vice Mayor Iyo Bernardo for skipping several meetings and not responding to his text messages. 

"Sana bago natin pag-usapan ang pulitika, bago tayo mamulitika, magtrabaho muna tayo," he added. 

Teka. Is it just me? Or after all this time… now ko lang napansin na meron nga palang Vice Mayor ang Pasig.  

Vico Sotto has been doing such a brilliant job as Mayor of Pasig that I’ve totally forgotten we even had a Vice Mayor! 

The video of Pasig city Vice Mayor Iyo Bernardo reeks insecurity. I don't think na need problemahin yung mga binanggit niya if his intention as a public servant is to better the lives of people sa nasasakupan niya and if these resulted to actual improvement ng Pasig.

Itong response niya ang nagpa "pelikula". What a drama. Even if what he is saying is true that Mayor Vico did not really reach out to him, is he really not gonna fix this in person? So "papatulan" niya lang dahil publicly din sya inaddress? Who's making it a "palabas" now?

Iyo Caruncho Bernardo is the "palabas". And really, attacking someone while on quarantine? How low!

I believe it will be best to just line up your accomplishments and support your current local government rather than lambast Vico Sotto. Hindi na nga nararamdaman sa Pasig, pero puro pa paninira?

Vico Sotto is one of few politicians who have initiative in transparency. Very open to where they spend Pasig City's resources. Kaya rin sya sumikat because he really stepped up during this pandemic.

Vico may have a lot of press releases, just as Manila Mayor Isko Moreno had. But Vico seems to be the real deal...at least that's how he is perceived by many. Pasig seems to be doing great under his lead. So I guess, the Vice Mayor needs a good PR team as well?

As a Pasigueño, kahit anong ibato ni Vice Mayor Iyo kay Mayor Vico, Mayor Vico will still win the 2022 election. It’s simple, Vico gave Pasig hope, not a perfect leadership, yes, but way better than before when it was always a Eusebio who was running the city. Years of leadership passing from Enteng, to his wife, then to Bobby, then his wife, then an attempt to regain it but Vico won. It's about time somebody took over Pasig city. So Vice Mayor, just do your job like it’s your last.

Oh, it will be your last na pala. Labas na agad at huwag ng hintayin ang election. Nakakahiya. Lol! A political dynasty has never been favorable for many.

I believe it's the other way around. The political dynasties like the Carunchos and Eusebios of Pasig, the Dutertes of Davao, the Estradas of San Juan, the Remullas of Cavite, and the Marcoses of Ilocos are  the masters of theatrics.

The Vice Mayor is obviously nitpicking & riding on the popularity of Vico. His ego is shocking considering his family dynasty did so little in the many years they were there. Samantalang it only took 3 years for Vico to put Pasig on the map!

For the longest wala naman siyang paramdam sa Pasig, maybe except for his many tarpaulins of greetings and his raffles of shoes, tapos all of a sudden maingay siya at yung pinakasikat na Mayor ng Pilipinas pa ang kokontrahin niya? 

From his hair to the way he conducts his politics there's only one thing to be said: 

STYLE NIYA BULOK!

Sara Duterte wants mandatory military service for all 18 years old, male and female

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Sara Duterte "Gagamitin ko ang aking opisina—Office of the Vice President—para kausapin ang Congress and the Senate to make military service for all 18 years old, male and female, mandatory in our country. Nakikita natin ito sa ibang bansa, South Korea, Israel...

Hindi ROTC lang na isang subject, isang weekend. Dapat lahat kapag 18 years old, you will be given a subsidy, you will be asked to serve the country."

These countries have their own reason why they have military enlistment. And if her fuckery reason to be ok with this enlistment is for "discipline", hell no!

Military enlistment is a traumatic experience especially for those people who are physically and/or emotionally weak.

Does anyone remember why ROTC was taken out of the college requirements? Try to Google Mark Welson Chua of UST. That's when it all started.

Mark Chua’s murder in 2001 reverberated beyond UST. We joined the nationwide call to abolish mandatory ROTC, which, at that time, ran for two years. Mark exposed its corruption and it cost him his life.

Kaya tinanggal ang ROTC kasi breeding ng corruption. Also, nasa gitna pa tayo ng pakikibaka sa krisis-pandemya at hindi pa settled yung mga kaso ng hazing, sexual and physical abuse sa CAT at ROTC, bigla magsa-suggest ng ganito.

We all know stories about abuses in the military plus in ROTC and how some were traumatized because of their experiences so what’s the point of making military services mandatory when we all know that it can do more harm than good?

Digong Duterte wanted to reinstate it in 2019. Now Inday Sara wants to do the same if she becomes vice president. To this day my opinion about the ROTC remains the same. We do not need to militarize our youth to teach them patriotism and discipline.

Adding conscripts to the ranks can only make logistics worse. Supplies will easily bleed and putting the country at a battle of attrition without the war even starting. Having more soldiers is not a win. The AFP is even struggling on fixing the hazing problem.

and BTW Digong Duterte skipped/cheated his way out of ROTC.

Hooked lang sa KDrama yarn si Sara?