This, after the regional office of the Department of Agriculture (DA), in coordination with the Provincial Agriculture Office (PAGRO), handed over recently to New Leyte Agriculture Cooperative (NLAC) an P8 million worth of coffee community-based enterprise or processing facility, which will aid in the production, processing, marketing, and distribution of their produce.
The municipality of Maco is one of the producers of coffee products in said province.
The project has been made possible under the High-Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP) of the agency, through the insertion funds from the office of Senator Cynthia Villar.
The project components include the construction of a one-unit coffee processing facility; a one-unit coffee dryer; and a set of coffee processing equipment such as a coffee roasting machine, grinder, depulper, dehuller, weighing scale, and moisture meter. The project also comes with the provision of 760 bags of fertilizer and a capability building for the cooperative.
In his message, NLAC Chairman Jorge Omictin, thanked the government as the enterprise will help in the consolidation of all coffee beans in Masara line areas, which will later stimulate and increase coffee production in the province.
The facilities and equipment will reduce the overall production time and cost and remove roadblocks to their production completion; thus, helping farmers especially the small coffee farmers, increase the value of their green coffee beans while providing a high profit in return.
Photos from Davao de Oro PIO
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