With its supposed launching last month postponed indefinitely, the viability of the P25-million abaca fiber processing facility in Caramoran is now being doubted. Implemented pursuant to the Philippine Fiber Industry…
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Caramoran abaca farmers’ co-op set to operate fiber processing plant this April
The P25-million abaca fiber processing facility constructed by the Philippine Fiber Industry Authority (PhilFIDA) in Sabangan, Caramoran will be finally turned over to an abaca farmers’ cooperative this April 2024.…
P25-M Abaca Processing Facility in Caramoran to operate this Jan. 2024
The fully mechanized Abaca Fiber Processing Facility in Sabangan, Caramoran is slated to start full operation anytime this coming January 2024, the Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority (PhilFIDA) disclosed last…
TGP to provide 30 portable stripping machines:
Mechanization the only solution to low price of abaca fiber – PhilFIDA
The mechanization of the stripping and tuxying process is the only solution to the farmers’ problem of low buying price of abaca fiber, the Philippine Fiber Development Authority (PhilFIDA) said…
Low abaca fiber prices, high cost of goods forced farmers to dig for coal
Farmers and residents of Cabuyoan, Panganiban reportedly resorted to digging for coal due to the successive drops in the buying price of abaca fiber and the surge in prices of…
Stakeholders propose measures vs. low price, quality of abaca fiber
Stakeholders from abaca-producing provinces, traders and government agencies have recommended several priority measures to address issues hounding the abaca industry including the low buying price and low quality of abaca…
Dugui Too housewife used P3,000 savings to start handicraft business
Dugui Too, Virac housewife Arlene Panti Cabrera, who recently won as Best DOLE-Assisted Livelihood Project Implementer (Individual Category), started her coconut handicraft business using P3,000 savings from her previous job…
Inside Page | Fernan A. Gianan:
PhilFIDA going back to former office?
There is a strong likelihood that the Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority (PhilFIDA) would be moving back to its former compound along Moonwakl road inside the Catanduanes State University campus.…
Fiber output decreased by 23% since 2019:
Cat’nes’ abaca production dips to lowest in 10 years
Less than a year after Congress passed a measure declaring the province as the abaca capital of the Philippines, Catanduanes’ abaca fiber production has plunged to its lowest in the…