KOREAN company executives and representatives completed a 3-day farm and office visits to the different cassava farmers, cooperatives, associations (FCAs) in the provinces of Bukidnon and Misamis Oriental.
The agriculture department and the Trade and Industry-Bureau of Investments (DTI-BOI) have facilitated the visit to 13 FCA’s on February 16-18, 2022, set to finalize a partnership, with the said suppliers of fresh cassava tubers.
The FCAs are from Malitbog, Salvacion, Kadingilan, Don Carlos, Pangantucan, Maramag, Cabanglasan, Lantapan of Bukidnon, and Claveria of Misamis Oriental, who have beforehand signified their intent to supply to the Korean’s targeted tapioca manufacturing starch plant in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.
During the field visits, the Korean team met the chairpersons and other farmer-leaders of the different FCAs, where they have laid out their terms and conditions, for the eventual sealing of a marketing agreement between said parties.
With the presence of the Korean investors, DA-10 Regional Executive Director expressed that farmers can also avail loan assistance from the Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC), DA’s credit arm, in aid to the needed added logistics and capital that the FCAs may need for such marketing opportunity.
“This year, the agency continues to implement several projects that are already in the pipeline, to help raise agricultural productivity, resiliency, and access to more market linkages for farmers in the region,” Collado said.
The Cassava Program of the Field Operations Division, the Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division of DA-10, and DTI-BOI facilitated the second batch visit of the Korean buyers. (DA-10/PIA-10/Bukidnon)
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