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Thursday, January 12, 2017
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SAN JOSE, Antique – What other forms of livelihood tricycle operators and drivers in Barbaza town could get into?
Some of them will be trained by the municipal government and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
“Barbaza received P1 million from the [DTI]” for at least three Bottom-Up Budgeting (BUB) projects, said Municipal Agriculturist Juan Marquez Jr., also the BUB focal person.
Under the BUB, people from the grassroots can participate in setting funds for their chosen projects or activities.
The approved budget includes P500,000 for the Yaman Pinoy meat processing project and the marketing and promotion of squash canton, and P500,000 for “industry clustering development.”
Tricycle operators and drivers will be trained on meat processing, while members of the Esparar Multipurpose Cooperative will learn marketing and promotion of squash canton, said Marquez.
Among the marginalized sectors in Barbaza, tricycle operators and drivers earn depending on the town’s economic activity. Their income drops during the lean months.
In a consultation meeting in 2015, they proposed a meat processing training, citing the sufficient supply of hogs and cattle in Barbaza.
Meanwhile the training will also help develop new products for the Multipurpose Cooperative, expand its existing market, and increase the use of its Shared Service Facility for Food Processing.
The cooperative produces dried squash, malunggay powder and noodles with veggies. It received the facility from the DTI in July 2016.
After the training, the participants are required to join trade fairs, provincial or regional, to promote their products, Marquez said. (PIA/PN)
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