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Ten junior high school students (JHS) battled it out in the ASPIRE 2018’s Poster Making Contest held at Mindpro Citimall, Zamboanga City recently.

The contest spearheaded by Department of Agriculture regional office IX - Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division, Information Division, and the High Value Crops Development Program; intends to increase awareness on the Agribusiness Support for Promotion and Investment in Regional Expositions (ASPIRE) to the young through artistic expression.

It is a part of the side events of ‘AGRI-VENTA’ with the theme, “Expanding market opportunities for ZamPen’s priority agriculture and fishery products”.

Cacao has become one of the emerging priority commodities in the region with farmers and their families getting engaged in cacao production. With the growing demand for this commodity there is the need to further capacitate the farmers on cacao production, processing, and marketing because the potential of the region in terms of production and marketing is relatively high.

Engr. Roger Bagaforo, Chief of Research Division of the Department of Agriculture IX (DA) said the conduct of the Cacao Forum will serve as an avenue for both the farmers and government institutions to dialogue and come to terms on how to further develop the cacao industry. “In the next two years we will not focus on the distribution of cacao seedlings but rather on the establishment of processing centers for cacao to further boost the cacao industry and make it more competitive in the local and international market as a processed product”, he said.

 

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