Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) Director Dionisio Alvindia presented the Philippine cacao industry at the International Symposium on Banana and Cacao Disease Management held at Tamagawa University.

The event is part of the Project for the Development of Novel Disease Management Systems for Banana and Cacao (BaCaDM), a technical cooperation initiative supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Japan Science and Technology.

As one of the project’s principal researchers, Alvindia shared insights on the current status, challenges, and future directions of the Philippine cacao industry, highlighting postharvest disease management issues and strategic plans for sustainable growth.

Through this initiative, PHilMech contributes its expertise in postharvest disease management and agricultural mechanization to help ensure stable and sustainable supply chains for both banana and cacao production.

𝑃𝐻𝑖𝑙𝑀𝑒𝑐ℎ 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝐷𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜 𝐴𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦’𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑐𝑎𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑢𝑚 𝑜𝑛 𝐵𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝑎𝑐𝑎𝑜 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑇𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑤𝑎 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑇𝑜𝑘𝑦𝑜, 𝐽𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑛. (PHilMech)