LINGAYEN, Pangasinan —A US-based non-profit organization is set to grant the Provincial Government of Pangasinan (PGP) PhP3.3 million, or US $58,121 worth of fishery paraphernalia.
Winrock International, which is
based in Arkansas, USA, is implementing the ‘Building Safe Agriculture Food
Enterprises (B-SAFE)’ funded by the United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) under its Food for Progress Program.
An in-kind grant agreement shall
serve as the legal instrument for the implementation of the project.
The provincial legislature on its
recent regular session approved a resolution authorizing Governor Ramon V.
Guico III to sign, receive, and implement the in-kind donation. Aaron Sundsmo,
Winrock International’s Associate Vice President of Agriculture, Resilience,
and Water, will likewise sign
“The program aims to help the Philippines increase agricultural
productivity by improving the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards (SPS) in the
production and management of supply chains and expanding the trade of
agricultural and food products,” the resolution authored by SP Member
Nicholi Jan Louie Q. Sison stated.
Fishery paraphernalia will
include 40 sets of seine nets (kalokor), 10 units of chest freezers, and various
fish processing kits.
“The Provincial Government of Pangasinan, through the Provincial
Agriculture Office (PAgO), will be the lead agency in the implementation of the
project with the objectives to further enhance harvest, production, and
processing techniques and to strengthen the capacity of milkfish processors on
food safety compliance for processing bangus to promote value-added,” the
resolution stated. (Ruby R. Bernardino/PIMRO)
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