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With DTI aid: Zambales farmers can now produce own organic fertilizer

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has turned over a shredding machine to farmers belonging to the Masinloc Federated Farmers Association (MFFA) in Zambales.

The grant was given under the Shared Service Facility (SSF) program of DTI that aims to improve micro, small, and medium enterprises’ (MSMEs) productivity and efficiency through better access to technology, increase their productivity, and provide livelihood for the community.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 (𝐷𝑇𝐼) 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑠ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑙𝑜𝑐 𝐹𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐹𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑍𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠. (DTI Zambales)

“The equipment worth P250,000 provided to the MFFA can produce a lot of organic fertilizer compared to their manual production,” DTI Provincial Director Enrique D. Tacbad said.

He said that the equipment will help them increase and accelerate their organic fertilizer production by almost 100 percent.

The farmers’ association has an estimated average sale of P20,000.00 to P25,000.00 per month.

Moreover, Tacbad thanked the cooperators for continuing to use SSFs to contribute to the economy of the province of Zambales and the entire country.

He also assured that DTI Zambales will continue to expand product development, market access, capability build-up in innovation, and digitalization to continue the goal of the SSF Program.

To date, DTl has established a total of 45 SSF projects worth P15 million in the province. (PIA 3 / Reia G. Pabelonia)

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