Agri agencies converge for abaca farmers
Agri agencies converge for abaca farmers
MAITUM, Sarangani -- Agricultural agencies recently gathered here to help abaca farmers produce finished products and put up their own trading center. Officials from the Fiber Industry Development Authority (Fida), Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), and Sarangani Governor Miguel "Migs" Dominguez launched last week a "financial intermediation and abaca trading" project in Barangay Upo.
The Upland Development Programme (UDP) earlier organized the abaca farmers to build the Farmers' Service Center. Barangay Upo yields a monthly average of one-ton raw abaca from its 50 hectares of scattered farms. Fida provided an abaca stripping machine worth P80,000, said Fida agriculturist Crisanto Medel. He said Fida encourages abaca farmers to produce abaca-finished products. Medel urged abaca farmers here to follow the lead of a cooperative in nearby Kiamba town.
The Maligang Farmers' Multi-Purpose Cooperative (MFMPC) has forged a supply deal with Davao Del Sur's Astorga Handum Craft, which manufactures woven abaca into export items -- baskets, "sinamay" or net hats and beads. Dominguez also asked the Department of Trade and Industry to extend technical assistance to Maligang abaca farmers. MFMPC started with Representative Erwin Chiongbian's P300,000 Community Development Fund for a building, equipment, and training.
In Maitum, farmers organized under the Upo Valley Multi-purpose Cooperative (Uvamulco) have a P368,000 fund being used for micro finance and lending to its members. Governor Dominguez, who deposited P2,000 to be an "investor" in Uvamulco, hailed Fida, LBP and UDP for their "convergence of resources and assistance" in Barangay Upo.
"Convergence" was also the governor's rallying call during the provincial foundation anniversary on November 28. "We need partners. We need to find partners to work with to speed up the development and progress of this province," the governor added. (Sarangani Information Officer)
(December 12, 2005 issue)
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/gen/2005/12/18/bus/
agri.agencies.converge.for.abaca.farmers.html
MAITUM, Sarangani -- Agricultural agencies recently gathered here to help abaca farmers produce finished products and put up their own trading center. Officials from the Fiber Industry Development Authority (Fida), Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), and Sarangani Governor Miguel "Migs" Dominguez launched last week a "financial intermediation and abaca trading" project in Barangay Upo.
The Upland Development Programme (UDP) earlier organized the abaca farmers to build the Farmers' Service Center. Barangay Upo yields a monthly average of one-ton raw abaca from its 50 hectares of scattered farms. Fida provided an abaca stripping machine worth P80,000, said Fida agriculturist Crisanto Medel. He said Fida encourages abaca farmers to produce abaca-finished products. Medel urged abaca farmers here to follow the lead of a cooperative in nearby Kiamba town.
The Maligang Farmers' Multi-Purpose Cooperative (MFMPC) has forged a supply deal with Davao Del Sur's Astorga Handum Craft, which manufactures woven abaca into export items -- baskets, "sinamay" or net hats and beads. Dominguez also asked the Department of Trade and Industry to extend technical assistance to Maligang abaca farmers. MFMPC started with Representative Erwin Chiongbian's P300,000 Community Development Fund for a building, equipment, and training.
In Maitum, farmers organized under the Upo Valley Multi-purpose Cooperative (Uvamulco) have a P368,000 fund being used for micro finance and lending to its members. Governor Dominguez, who deposited P2,000 to be an "investor" in Uvamulco, hailed Fida, LBP and UDP for their "convergence of resources and assistance" in Barangay Upo.
"Convergence" was also the governor's rallying call during the provincial foundation anniversary on November 28. "We need partners. We need to find partners to work with to speed up the development and progress of this province," the governor added. (Sarangani Information Officer)
(December 12, 2005 issue)
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/gen/2005/12/18/bus/
agri.agencies.converge.for.abaca.farmers.html
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