Mango congress seeks to save P400M wastage
LINGAYEN—Minimizing losses from wastage is at the top of the agenda for the 12th National Mango Congress on February 24-26 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center here.
The mango industry in Pangasinan, contributing about one third of total production in the country, loses about P400 million a year due to lack of processing and storage facilities, according to Virginia dela Fuente, president of the Philippine Mango Industry Foundation, Inc.
De la Fuente said 10 percent of the province’s mango production that go to waste could be saved through a technology that delay the ripening of the fruits.
Processing plants using this technology can be set up in the villages to help the mango growers improve their yield and thus stabilize the mango industry.
Dela Fuente said there are actually already three similar processing centers in Pangasinan but these are not being utilized.
Some of the topics to be presented include ethylene control (delay in ripening), commercialization of processed mango fruit drops and mango rejects, crop insurance, credit programs, soil management, and quarantine protocol.
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