The
Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) recently
conducted a training on ginger processing for the members of the Saguigui
Multipurpose Cooperative in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte.
Provincial agrarian reform program
officer (PARPO) II Vic M. Ines said the Saguigui MPC has the largest production
of ginger among the local producers in the province, hence the officers thought
of ginger tea or salabat production
as their value-addition enterprise.
“Food processing also helps
farmers manage their yields and get better returns since processed foods fetch
comparatively higher rates than the raw produce itself,” said Ines.
Resource persons from the
Benguet State University gave hands-on demonstrations and lectures on basic
production skills, packaging, labeling, product pricing and costing.
The said training is a part
of DAR’s program thrust to improve agricultural productivity and livelihood for
the agrarian reform beneficiaries’ organizations.
“We must continue to
implement income generating projects that the members of the marginalized
sectors can engage into aside from agricultural endeavors,” Ines added.
The Saguigui MPC is a part of
the agrarian reform community in Pagudpud. It has a total membership of 120
with 70 agrarian reform beneficiaries. All the members are farmers engaged in
the production of ginger, palay, coconut and banana.
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BARD NOTES: Happy bard-reading to Ilocos Norte Governor
Imee R. Marcos, Laoag City mayor Chevylle V. Fariñas, Laoag City vice mayor
Michael V. Fariñas, Ilocos Norte provincial treasurer Josephine P. Calajate,
INWD general manager John Teodoro, Dr. Miramar Bumanglag, DAR-Ilocos Norte
PARPO II Vic M. Ines, DAR-Ilocos Norte CAO Rudy Acacio and PNB Laoag branch manager
Metty V. Guerrero.
Greetings also to the employees of AMA Laoag, Laoag City
PNP, DAR Ilocos Norte, DepEd Laoag, DepEd Ilocos Norte, PNB Laoag and to the
residents of Barangay 6, San Agustin, Laoag City.
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