DAVAO CITY — The Department of Trade and Industry in Davao Region (DTI-11) will launch three more high-impact projects worth PHP24.7 million that were approved last year, an official from the agency said Tuesday.
DTI-11 regional director Romeo Castañaga said during the Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas that most of the projects are focused on supporting the innovation ecosystem of the region.
The fabrication laboratory at Davao Oriental State University in Mati, Davao Oriental, among the four high-impact projects costing PHP34.7 million, was already launched on March 5.
He said the PHP10-million laboratory project is envisioned to address the critical need for advanced fabrication facilities that will allow micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to develop new product designs, create prototypes, and upgrade packaging and labelling.
“The remaining projects will be launched during the second quarter of 2025,” he added.
Meanwhile, Castañaga also shared that among the priority targets in 2025, DTI-11 will assist around 5,524 farm households who will receive seedlings for coffee, cacao, and banana-Cardava with a total amount of the approved productive investment of PHP63 million.
“These farmers are members of 52 farmers' organizations (FOs). In addition to the seedlings, the FOs will also receive support through productive investments such as post-harvest facilities, equipment, and warehouses to enhance their processing, production, and storage capacity,” he added.
With the project, a total of 2,292 hectares are expected to be planted with coffee, cacao, and banana-Cardava seedlings, while 3,396 hectares will undergo rehabilitation.
DTI-11 provided services to eight priority industry clusters in Davao Region - cacao, coffee, coconut, rubber, palm oil, processed fruits and nuts, wearables and homestyle, and bamboo.
“Using the industry cluster approach, DTI will build alliances through industry councils with relevant agencies and institutions to develop competitive and innovative SMEs, implement a program for productivity and efficiency and create a conducive business enabling environment,” Castañaga said.
For farm to market roads (FMR), Castañaga said they target around 3.7 kilometers of road upgrading/rehabilitation in Maragusan, Davao de Oro and Mati, Davao Oriental with a project cost of PHP56.8 million.
“These FMRs will provide more socio-economic benefits as more beans would be coming in, transportation cost of farm products will be decreased which will translate to an increase in sales of the cooperative and eventually increase the household income of smallholder farmers,” he added. (Che Palicte)
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