CARAT Expo 2017 to increase agro marine
productivity in Caraga
By Venus L. Garcia
BUTUAN CITY, July 20 (PIA) – In keeping the
momentum of advancing the region’s rich agricultural and fishery products, the
Butuan City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. will once again
hold this year’s Caraga Agricultural Trade and Marketing Exposition or CARAT
Expo 2017 on August 10-13, here.
CARAT Expo 2017 carries the theme, “Zoom up Caraga!
Responding to challenges in agri-aqua productivity, responsible mining and
progressive entrepreneurship.”
“It will be a four-day event and is highlighted by
hosting the 21st Caraga Business Conference slated also on August 11, 2017 at
the Grand Palace Hotel, this city,” said Roger Ramirez, president of the Butuan
City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc.
Trade fairs and the different programs will be held
at the Robinsons Place Butuan. Agricultural retailers and wholesalers, food
producers, agronomics, agriculturists, farmers, manufacturers, food traders and
exporters will have the opportunity to showcase and demonstrate their produce.
“In the pipeline of activities for 2018, Caraga is
also set to host the Mindanao-wide Food Summit in partnership with the Mindanao
Development Authority (MinDA). This will be in time with the Philippines’
hosting of the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN
Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) so as to make the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN) Food Summit in scope.
With these projects of the Butuan City Chamber of
Commerce, together with some government agencies, it helps boost the
agricultural and aquamarine productivity in the region. “We enjoin you to be
with us as we endeavor for increased productivity and sustained trade and
industry development,” stressed Ramirez.
“Expect a more fruitful activities as we forge
partnership with the regional government offices of the Department of
Agriculture (DA), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR),
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources (BFAR), Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Philippine
Information Agency (PIA),” underscored Ramiez.
It can be recalled that the signature brand for
Caraga region, the “Caraga
Lobster," was launched during last year’s CARAT Expo.
The CARAT Expo is a strategic venue for
market-matching and agri-investment linkages aimed at increasing productivity
and creating trade opportunities for small producers in Caraga.
(VLG/PIA-Caraga)
