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Friday, March 2, 2018
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SAN JOSE, Antique – A native chocolate manufacturer based in Antique was importing raw materials from Davao.
Ramon Iwag, who owns a factory for tablea carrying the brand Enriquita’s, said he needs 1.5 tons of cacao every month.
But the lack of sufficient supply of cacao from Antique forced them to take in ingredients from another province, said the president of the Antique Cacao Association.
“This is true not only with me but also with our other members,” he said.
Iwag encouraged farmers in Antique to get into cacao production.
This way, local manufacturers of chocolates and other cacao byproducts may source all their raw materials locally, he said.
During the association’s with the Provincial Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Council at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Antique office on Wednesday, it sponsored a resolution urging agencies to provide capacity-building trainings for farmers getting into cacao production.
The council-approved resolution will be sent to the Department of Agriculture, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and local government units across Antique, Iwag said.
The resolution provided that the farmers will be oriented well before they are provided with planting materials to ensure high survival rate of the cacao seeds and avoid wastage of funds. (PNA)
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