851 coffee growers in SurSur to benefit from IFAD
Project ConVERGE
By Nida Grace P. Barcena
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur,
Apr. 20 (PIA) - A total of 851 coffee growers who are members of the
six assisted Agrarian Reform Beneficiary (ARB) cooperatives of the Department
of Agrarian Reform (DAR) within Barobo and Tagbina towns Agrarian Reform
Community (ARC) cluster will be the first batch recipients of
the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD) Convergence on Value Chain Enhancement for Growth
and Empowerment (ConVERGE) project.
DAR Surigao del Sur information officer
Myra Yu said that the Project ConVERGE is a rural development approach that
aims to increase the farmers’ income and productivity that will focus on coffee
production, rejuvenation, processing and marketing activities.
The said project is financed by IFAD, a
specialized agency of the United Nations that helps reduce poverty incidence in
the developing countries.
The cooperative beneficiaries
according to DAR are: Mabuhay Kahayagan Coffee Growers Cooperative (MKCGC);
Tagbina ARB Multi-Purpose Cooperative (TAGAREBE); Ugoban Multi-Purpose
Cooperative (UMPC); Tagbina Rural Improvement Club Producers Cooperative
(TAGRICCO); Progressive ARB Cooperatives (PARBMCO); and San Roque Cooperative
(SARCO).
Yu further said that MKCGC, the
producer of Robusta Ground Coffee (brewed coffee), which is available in the
market, is the lead cooperative in the implementation. Other coops involved are
engaged in coffee production and rejuvenation stage.
Provincial Agrarian Reform program
officer Benjamin M. Mataksil during the project consultation meeting said that
"as the project progresses, hopefully it will benefit more or less 6,613
agrarian reform beneficiaries in the two municipalities involved”.
The said project started the
implementation last quarter of 2016 and will run until year 2021. (PIA-Surigao
del Sur)
TCES orchestrates community outreach program
By Jonas H. Jomonong
BUTUAN CITY, Apr. 20 (PIA) - In allowing the young
individuals to explore various volunteer opportunities and learn more about the
community, the Tungao Central Elementary School (TCES) responded to this call
by immersing the pupils and teachers to take part on the community outreach
program through community clean-up drive recently.
The outreach program is one of the best ways to
gain better understanding on the current situations of a certain community .
This gives pupils the opportunity to get involved in community service with
regard to environmental issues and concerns which the community is facing.
Roldan Alanano, SPG adviser gave a short
orientation to the participants on the dos and don’ts while having the clean-up
drive. He reminded them not to stay away
from the group and heve to ask their adviser for their personal concerns in
order to avoid untoward incidents. They
brought cleaning materials such as brooms, gloves, socks and cellophanes. The wastes they collected were segregated and
placed those that can be sold to the Material Recovery Facility (MRF).
It was participated by the grades-IV to VI pupils
with their advisers, councilor Ann Margaret Alim, general parents-teachers
association (GPTA) officers and parents.
On the other hand, the grades-I to III pupils had
their institutional clean-up drive within the school premises on the same
date. This is to raise the level of
awareness on the importance of maintaining cleanliness of the surroundings.
The community engagement helps promote
self-sufficiency and community belonging through neighborhood environmental
services that aims to navigate to the people living in the community to take an
active part in the conservation and protection of the environment. (DepEd
Butuan City/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
DTI releases SRP anew
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Apr. 20 (PIA) –
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Consumer Protection and Advocacy
Bureau (CPAB) under the Consumer Protection Group released the Suggested Retail
Price (SRP) guides for basic necessities and prime commodities as of April 1, 2017.
The SRP is the selling price suggested by the
manufacturer of a product. The intention of the SRP is to help standardize
prices among locations. Major retail establishments are directed to set their
selling prices within SRP levels.
The DTI price monitoring activity which is
conducted monthly to major retail establishments is one way of ensuring that
retailers of products listed in SRPs shall follow the guide in their pricing.
Hence, they are always provided with updated SRPs regularly.
Consumers interested to know more about Suggested
Retail Prices (SRPs) and other consumer related concerns are encouraged to
visit the DTI’s website at www.dti.gov.ph or visit their office located at the
2nd Floor of Simtoco Business Center, Burgos Street, Surigao City or contact at
telephone numbers (086) 826-6129 0r 826-2373. (DTI-Surigao del
Norte/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
AgSur guv encourages unity of purpose, action among
rubber planters in Caraga Region
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Apr. 20 (PIA) - "We must think
as one to justify the result of this workshop."
This was the statement of Governor Adolph Edward
Plaza in his message during the Rubber Industry Cluster Roadmap Localization
Workshop held recently at Mabe’s Savory Place, San Francisco, this province.
Gov. Plaza opted that the accreditation process of
nurseries be simplified. He exhorted
both public and private industry stakeholders to draft the best roadmap for the
rubber industry in the region and present the same for support by the national
government. Doing so, he said will
greatly aid the rubber farmers.
The governor also expressed his advocacy of
empowering and giving voice to the farmers to have their needs addressed. This includes a review of technical processes
vis-Γ -vis actual needs of the industry.
The workshop was intended to create a regional
rubber industry roadmap.
In attendance during said activity were some of the
industry cluster’s (IC) prime movers: Dr. Ismael Elevazo, chair of Caraga
Rubber Industry Federation, Inc. (CRIFI), Department of Trade and Industry
(DTI) Rubber IC coordinator and assistant regional director Lolita Dorado,
together with representatives from enabling agencies – National Economic
Development Authority (NEDA), Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA), Upland Sustainable Agri-forestry Development (USAD) project
team, Provincial Agriculture Office, VPO-Rosario Agro-Industrial Development
Corporation, farmer cooperatives and individual growers.
Some 70 stakeholders attended said event, which was
jointly organized by DTI-Caraga and DTI-Agusan del Sur Provincial Office.
(DTI-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
