The Department of Agriculture through the local government units will establish organic trading posts in four areas of Davao region.
Rowena Adlaon, in charge of marketing organic products under Agribusiness of DA 11, said the trading posts will be set up in Davao City, Magsaysay in Davao del Sur, Mati City in Davao Oriental and Braulio Dujali in Davao del Norte.
She said each area was given a P1.5-million funding for the construction of the structure.
The money, she said, was already downloaded to the respective LGUs and they are now into the bidding process.
However, Adlaon said these areas passed some criteria where they qualified to be recipient of funding support for the construction of the organic trading posts.
One of the criteria is that the city or town has organic products that they could market at the trading post.
She said the Magsaysay town is now into production of organic rice that is supplied not only in Davao but also in other markets in Visayas and Luzon.
The other three areas are into producing organic crops like vegetables, she said.
Meanwhile, city agriculture office head Val Turtur said Davao City is holding an “Organic Market Day” every Friday right at the grounds of the city hall where farmers bring their organic produce of vegetables and root crops.
“These agri products come from the city’s production areas in Marilog, Baguio, Calinan, Tugbok and Toril,” he said.
Turtur said they are strengthening the campaign for organic farming even as Republic Act 10068 encourages local government units to promote organic agriculture.
Allowed by law is the creation of a certifying body for organic products and Turtur said they are organizing a second party certifying group with members coming from both the private and government sectors.
He said they are still finalizing the constitution of the group and will submit their proposal to Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio for review and approval.
Turtur also said that they will be designating areas suited for growing organic crops and “this will most likely fall in the watershed areas in Talomo Lipadas and Tamugan Panigan areas”.
He said the Tugbok area is where high value crops and fruits are grown. [PNA]
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