An environment group has initiated a study on how to sell mangoes from Cagayan Valley to the markets abroad.
Dr. Artemio Antolin, Conservation International project director, said a study on the marketing processes of mango fruits for export is quite “necessary” as mango tree-planting thrives in the upland towns of Baggao and Peñablanca in the region.
Conservation International has supported the government’s reforestation efforts and initiated the planting of at least 40,000 mango trees in Peñablanca and 15,000 in Baggao in cooperation with carmaker Toyota Motors Corp., Department of Environment and Natural Resources and local government units.
The multiagency representatives are looking for other livelihood projects in partnership with big companies and local government units.
“The planting of fruit-bearing trees is a way of giving upland farmers an alternative source of living instead of indulging them in illegal logging activities,” Antolin said.
Fruit-bearing trees will be distributed to upland farmers on an ongoing basis to sustain income-generating projects in their communities, he added.
Antolin said his group has also been promoting stoves that burn rice hulls instead of charcoal or wood to cook food. “This move will divert community members from cutting trees to make charcoal or have wood for cooking,” he added.
Source: businessmirror.com.ph
Publication date: 3/4/2009
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