Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Samal coop gains P855T coco coir processing facilities



Davao del Norte, October 5 (PIA) - - A copra producing cooperative in the Island Garden City of Samal availed on Friday (October 2) Shared Service Facility program worth P855,000 from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

The San Remegio Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative (SARBEMCO) obtained coco coir processing facilities, which include 60 electric-run twining machine, 32 bicycle-type twining machine, 4 geonet weaving machine, decorticating machine with 23 HP engine and coir-fiber extraction machinery.

SARBEMCO Chairman Fedrico Tautuan stressed that since the start of their copra production in 1996, they dreamt of utilizing their waste, especially the coconut husks into income generating source.

“Ug karon ang damgo na tinuod na gayod pinaagi aning mga ekwipo na gihatag sa DTI (And today that dream becomes a reality through the equipment given by the DTI),” Tautuan said.

He also bared that even before the SSF, the cooperative manually manufacture twines from coco coir, which they bought from a coconut buying company in Davao City.

During the turn-over and launching of the facilities, Tautuan and DTI Davao del Norte Provincial Director Romeo Castañaga inked a memorandum of agreement and usufruct agreement for the utilization of the SSF.
Director Castañaga emphasized that aside from the facilities given to the cooperative, the department will also provide trainings for the members. (PIA11, Michael Uy)

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