2nd Mindanao Vegetable Expo Opened

By PJTremedal

Cagayan de Oro City – The 2^nd Mindanao Vegetable Exposition 2009 had just opened for its second year in hosting vegetable production as an industry to this northern part of Mindanao.

Themed: “Gulay sa mesa, Dagdagan and sustansya”, DA Region 10, RD Lealyn Ramos welcome participants and members of clusterized stakeholders and other participants of Northern Mindanao Veggies led by President/ Director Marcelino E. Remotigue at the SunRiva Restaurant.

Normin Veggies as a clusterized industry of vegetable growers/farmers from Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental, Bukidnon, and Camiguin provinces has been a Presidential Awardee in 2007 by DTI for its organization to become vegetable grower,producer, importer and exporter of the country today.

Metric tons of high valued and ordinary vegetables are now in full marketing scheming throughout the region and the whole country because of the scientific/clustering method adopted by Normin Veggies which is a marketing oriented scheme before producing for its vegetables.

“Although 40 kgs per year consumption per family, vegetables produced must not be the only reason to adopt such measures, this is farmer’s economic boom individually” Dir Remotigue said.

Meanwhile, Deparment of Agriculture-Region 10 as a its measure and implementation has organized more or less 25 industrial organization for specific farm produced had been successful for the past years, metric tons of farm products produced are now in the market all over Mindanao and the whole country as well.

“|We started clustering this specific group now we called industry in the late 2007’s and the department was successful as we can see it today how Normin farmers are producing.

Because of our commitment to help this farmers/growers, DA has extended beginning this year 3-M worth of “Rain shelters” for this farmers, as of now there are 20 farmers had been extended the program because of climate change problem. Vegetables are easily ruined with too much rain.” RD Ramos said.

“Rain shelters” are like green houses, and uses UV plastic to cover the vegetables.

Bukidnon is the largest high valued vegetable growers- producers, because of its high elevation, vast areas of production, and scientifically proved planting arena of vegetables. Farmers are even tapped as industrial partners of hotels, food chains, and other vegetables needs.

The 2^nd Mindanao Vegetable Expo is expected to come with new culinary art and techniques using vegetables as main ingredients and its healthful contents, came up with increase market utilization, and promotes confidence among farmers-growers.

Meantime, the said exposition is also a part of the Agro Tourism Week celebration of the province where municipalities of Misamis Oriental also established their promotional booths of their local produce and showcases their local agro tourism destinations and development.

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