DTI, THPAL conduct
Cacao biz opportunity forum, production training in Surigao Norte town
SURIGAO
CITY, Surigao del Norte (PIA) --
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in partnership with the Taganito
HPAL Nickel Corporation has recently conducted the Cacao Business Opportunity
Forum cum Production Training held at Taganito Cultural and Sports Center in
Claver town, this province.
The activity aims to inform the
farmers and growers about the profitability of cacao market and assess the kind
of future interventions be made available to them once they start massive
growing (tending/cultivating and inter-cropping) of their current farm. In
this activtiy, they were able to converge the active cacao farmers/growers in
the municipality with the assistance of the Taganito
HPAL Nickel Corporation thru its Community Relations (COMREL) Department under
the company's Social Development and Management
Program (SDMP).
Cacao
doctors, entrepreneur cacao growers, representatives from the Provincial and
Municipal Agriculture Office, and members of the Provincial Cacao Council were
present during the one-day activity. It was concluded with the actual cacao
farm visitation owned by some of the participants.
The activity symbolizes the start of the cacao industry as it slowly shapes into one of Claver's high valued crops through the help of various sectors. (Negosyo Center Claver/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
