PAGADIAN
CITY, Sept. 29 (PNA) -– The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) held a
two-day Business Management Seminar and Operations Manual Writeshop for key
officials of four farmer-cooperatives that recently received equipment through
its Shared Service Facility (SSF) program in the province of Zamboanga del Sur.
DTI
Provincial Director Ma. Socorro Atay told the Philippines News Agency that the
seminar, which started Monday and ended Tuesday, was aimed to empower the
farmer-cooperatives officials with the abilities that will ensure the success
of the SSF projects.
Atay
said those who attended the seminar are the officials of the following
cooperatives: Josefina Abaca Strippers Association (JASA); Molave Abaca
Strippers Association (MASA); Labangan Farmers First Consolidated Multi-Purpose
Cooperative (LAFFICO); Kahugungan sa Mag-uuma, Mamumuon Kababayen-an sa
Zamboanga del Sur (KASAMMAKA); and, Dinas Small Coconut Farmers Organization
(DCFO).
They
received last week abaca processing machines, organic fertilizer processing
machines and coco coir processing equipment from DTI through the SSF program
with a total worth of PHP3,680,000.
Atay
said the SSF program is a priority project of DTI under the “big push” for
small and medium enterprises (SMEs) development program.
Atay
said the SSF aims to address the gaps in the supply chain of an identified
project by providing processing or manufacturing tools, equipment and machines
for the common use of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
She
said among the objectives of the SSF projects is to enhance the competitiveness
of the priority industry clusters through the use of quality and productivity
enhancing machinery and equipment.
She
said the SSF projects also hope to develop priority and market-driven
industries in support to the National Industry Capacity Enhancement Program
(NICEP). (PNA)
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