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Libreng hybrid native chicken ipinamahagi
May 2,500 hybrid native
chicken ang ipinamahagi
ng libre ng Office of
the City Veterinary and
Agricultural
Services
(OCVAS) sa may 500
katao na gustong kumita
o makinabang sa pag-
aalaga ng manok ngayong
Huwebes, May 31. Ito ay
bahagi ng animal dispersal
program ng OCVAS na
naglalayong
mapadami
ang produksyon hindi
lamang para sa food
security kundi upang
maiangat ang kabuhayan
sa mga rural areas.
Dumalo dito si
Mayor Beverley Dimacuha
kung saan sinabi niya na
patuloy niyang bibigyan
ng
prayoridad
ang
kaunlaran ng agrikultura
sa lungsod.
Ayon kay Dr. Flora
Abe ng Livestock Division
ng OCVAS, madaling
dumami
ang
hybrid
native chicken kahit hindi
nalilimliman at mataas ang
kalidad ng lahi. Mabigat
din ang timbang ng mga
ito. Kung ang mga ito ay
palilimliman sa ibang lahi,
mas malaki ang mga itlog
nito. Tumanggap ng tig-
lilimang manok at vitamins
para sa mga ito ang bawat
isang beneficiary. (PIO
Batangas City)
DOST-FPRDI’s heat treatment
allows pallet industry to meet
global standards
INSECT
pests
and
diseases
coming
from
other
countries
are
known to have caused
environmental
disasters
in the US. In northeastern
and midwestern America,
these agents of destruction
– though very, very small
- have invaded forests and
wiped out entire species
of trees in a matter of
decades.
To help ensure that
invasive insect pests and
diseases are not transmitted
from one country to
another
thru
global
trade, the International
Standard for Phytosanitary
Measures (ISPM) No. 15
was enforced in 2002,
mandating
the
makers
of
wooden
packaging
materials to sterilize their
pallets and crates. Mode
of sterilizing is either thru
heat treatment or methyl
bromide fumigation.
A pallet is a flat
transport structure used
for shipping goods around
the world. Here in the
Philippines, the wooden
pallet industry is able to
comply with the ISPM
regulation using DOST-
FPRDI’s HT technology.
According
to
DOST-FPRDI Ms. Wency
H. Carmelo,
“Compared
to
methyl
bromide or MB, HT is a
safer and cheaper way
to
fumigate
wooden
packaging materials. High
MB levels are known to
cause deaths and are very
harmful to the ozone layer.
HT, on the other hand,
is non-toxic and about
50 percent cheaper than
MB treatment. MB also
makes wood pallets non-
recyclable.”
Made up of a
furnace-type dryer with a
computerized data logger,
the HT ensures that the
pallet blocks’ core reaches
at least 56oC which is
maintained for 30 minutes.
At this setting, all insects
and infectious organisms
infesting the wood are
killed, no matter what their
life stage.
Twelve
pallet
makers in the Southern
Tagalog Region now use
the technology and are
providing HT services
to other pallet producers
and the many exporting
companies
based
in
the area. Among the
successful adopters are
Nippon Express and Adtek
Philippines, Inc.
Another is ACE +
FA Enterprises in Cabuyao,
Laguna which has been
saved around Php 80,000
a month after it stopped
renting the HT services of
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2,500 hybrid native chicken ang ipinamahagi ng libre ng Office of the City Veterinary and Agricultural Services (OCVAS) sa may 500
katao na gustong kumita o makinabang sa pag-aalaga ng manok
DTI features ‘best of the
seas’ at the IFEX PH 2018
PASAY CITY -- The
Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI) through its
Center for International
Trade
Expositions
and
Missions (CITEM) featured
the ‘best of the seas’ as it
welcomed buyers for the
12th International Food
Exhibition
Philippines
(IFEX) 2018 on May 25 to
May 27 2018 at the World
Trade Center and Philippine
Trade Training Center in
Pasay City.
CITEM Officer-in-
Charge Nora K. Terrado
said IFEX Philippines 2018
highlights the country’s
finest seafood to fulfill the
growing global demand for
marine product and coastal
cuisines.
Terrado
who
is
also the DTI Trade and
Investment Promotion Group
undersecretary said IFEX
PH 2018 was participated
in by over 450 Philippine
micro, small, and medium-
sized enterprises (MSMEs)
including those from coastal
communities from Northern
Luzon and Mindanao.
The trade show is composed
of four major exhibition
halls: Food Philippines
Hall, International Hall,
Food Artisans Hall, and the
Marketplace.
“This is also our way
of supporting the promotion
of agribusiness sector in
the country that provides
employment opportunities
especially in the regions,”
added Terrado.
Among
the
municipalities joining the
said trade show is the General
Santos City, the Tuna
Capital of the Philippines.
Local companies showcase
their
world‐class
tuna
varieties,
including
skipjack, yellowfin, bluefin,
and bigeye tuna, in different
packaging options during
the three-day show.
“General Santos City
is home to one of the world’s
best‐tasting tuna catches
available to the international
and local market and we
wanted to highlight this as
we position the Philippines
as
a
go‐to
sourcing
destination for high‐quality
tuna and tuna‐like species,”
said Terrado.
As of 2016, the city’s
tuna industry generates 65
percent of the country’s
over-all tuna catch and
employs around 200,000
workers.
According
to
Southeast Asian Fisheries
Development
Center
(SEAFDEC), the Philippines
is top three tuna producer
in the world in terms of
volume. Eighty (80) percent
of Philippines seafood is
exported to the United
States and the European
Union, with a value of
approximately US $120
million export earnings per
year.
“The Philippines is also
currently ranked as the
second largest manufacturer
of canned and processed
tuna in Asia, after Thailand,
with a majority of this catch
landed in the port of General
Santos City,” said Terrado.
SEAFDEC
data
also showed that tuna is
the Philippines’ top export
fish commodity valued at
PHP19.6 billion pesos in
2014, making up 35 percent
of the country’s total fishery
export.
IFEX
Philippines
2018 is the country’s biggest
international trade exhibition
on the Philippines’ and Asia’s
ethnic and specialty food,
tropical fruits, vegetables,
seafood, beverages, bakery
and confectionery products,
meat and poultry, Halal-
certified products, as well as
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