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Agriculture
Undersecretary Evelyn Laviña (center) leads the ribbon-cutting ceremony to
showcase mango products during the Mango Summit in Dapitan City on Tuesday.
PAGAIAN CITY (March 19, 2019) - Twenty-six percent is Zamboanga Peninsula’s contribution to the Philippine Mango Production in 2018, according to record of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). This was disclosed in the recently concluded 1st Mindanao Mango Summit held in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte. Recently, Department of Agriculture official disclosed.
Philippines
produced 27.62 thousand metric tons of mango in 2018 marking up an increase of
131 metric tons from the 2017 production. Zamboanga Peninsula produced 7,189
metric tons, making the region as the largest mango producer in the country. CARAGA
region ranked second with six thousand metric tons and Northern Mindanao with
four thousand metric tons of mango production.
Ludwig
H. Adaza, Sr., President of the Zamboanga del Norte Mango Producers Association
(ZDNMPA) and United Mindanao Mango Growers Association (UMMAGA) Inc. said that
the aim of the Mango Summit is to address the issues besetting the mango
producers and processors of Mindanao in order to improve its competitive
advantage and help propel the competitive edge of the Philippine mango
industry. “Our theme ‘Confronting tomorrow’s challenges of the Mango Industry
in Mindanao’ focuses on bringing up our issues we face and we want to propose
measures to address these challenges as mango producers.” Adaza said.
Keynote
Speakers President Rodrigo R. Duterte and Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol
were represented by Agriculture Undersecretary for High Value Crops and Rural
Credit, Evelyn G. Laviña, who encouraged the mango growers to not looking back
on the spilled water, instead focusing on how to refill it.
“(The
Mango) Roadmap is useless if there’s no commitment from one another. We have to
help each other. We failed before, then be it. Let’s work together now,” Laviña
stressed. She said there are five things to always consider in achieving
success. “Set an individual goal, Cooperate on the goal of the association, Reckon
sustainability, Apply Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) for smart agriculture
and last always Identify and recognize the role of women in the organization.”
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| Participants during the Mango Summit in Dapitan City. |
The
three-day summit was also participated in by Philippine Crop Insurance
Corporation (PCIC) discussing insurance policies that mango growers can avail
and extent of coverage; Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC), Landbank of
the Philippines for the DA-Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF), Mindanao Development Authority
(MinDA) discussing promotion and marketing opportunities for mango; and other private
fertilizer distributors advocating friendly products for mango pests and
diseases control.
During
the open forum, USec Laviña answered the queries from mango growers commonly
directed to loan assistances because of El Niño phenomenon, resulting to
farmer’s decrease in the harvest.
Agriculture
Undersecretary Evelyn Laviña (center) leads the ribbon-cutting ceremony to
showcase mango products during the Mango Summit in Dapitan City on Tuesday
Present in the event were DA9 Regional Executive Director Dr. Dennis H. Palabrica, PCIC Regional Manager Charlito Brilleta; MinDA Investment Promotion and International Relations Office Dir. Olie B. Dagala and Dapitan City Councilor Atty. Christopher Mah.
In
closing, DA9 Director Palabrica expressed his gratitude to all for the support
in the conduct of the 1st Mindanao Mango Summit. He said the Department of
Agriculture continues to support mango farmers in the region through the High
Value Crops Development Porgram (HVCDP); and that the Mango summit is one
avenue to strengthen the unity of the mango growers and other stakeholders in
the region. (By BONG CAION with PR from Marnette Luzon, DA9)
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