Tabuk City, Kalinga - One of the novel attempts of the government to make food affordable to the poor by linking them directly with producers will now benefit a segment of this province's population.
This developed as the first Barangay Bagsakan in the province was launched April 29,2008 at barangay Agbannawag.
The store is operated by the Agbannawag Multi-purpose Cooperative (AMPCO) which received PI00,000.00 worth of marketing facilities from the Department of Agriculture-Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-CAR) to get started in the business of selling cheap but quality food commodities to the public.
Patricio Ananayo, chief of the Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Department of the DA-CAR, told the media that the intent of the Barangay Bagsakan program is to "help organizations sell quality food at low prices."
Ananayo said that the concept of the Barangay Bagsakan is to eliminate the involvement of middlemen in the distribution of food products by serving as the link between organized producers and the consumers.
According to Ananayo, the scheme could enable the Barangay Bagsakan to sell at as low as P30.00 what is offered in the market at P40.00.
Ananayo informed the media that aside from the initial assistance of PI 00,000.00 for marketing facilities such as freezers, coolers, weighing scales and packing materials, under the program, qualified Barangay Bagsakan participating organizations could also avail of operational assistance of, as high as P300,000.00 at eight percent per annum interest.
Ananayo said that the DA is targeting cooperatives as partners in the Barangay Bagsakan project because they already have clientele and also buildings.
"The Barangay Bagsakan is not intending to compete with private businesses but to address the needs of the poor be¬cause all Filipinos are entitled to low-priced but quality food," Ananayo said.
Fernando Ramos III, director of the Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Services of the DA Central Office said that as part of the Barangay Bagsakan program, Bagsakan Centers could also be established to consolidate major products of the locality and deliver the same to markets in the metropolis.
Ramos said that the Barangay bagsakan makes everybody happy - the consumer from the low prices, the operator from the profits and the food producers from the relatively higher prices of their produce.
"This is a gradual movement. We do not think of big buildings right away. We begin from the small," Ramos said of the project, which he claimed is already thriving in many parts of the country.
Speaking in behalf of Tabuk Mayor Camilo Lammawin, Jr., City Administrator Lawrence Bayongan said that the city government is ready to assist other organizations in the city avail of the Barangay Bagsakan program. ** By Estanislao Albano, Jr.; ZZW, 04 May 2008
This developed as the first Barangay Bagsakan in the province was launched April 29,2008 at barangay Agbannawag.
The store is operated by the Agbannawag Multi-purpose Cooperative (AMPCO) which received PI00,000.00 worth of marketing facilities from the Department of Agriculture-Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-CAR) to get started in the business of selling cheap but quality food commodities to the public.
Patricio Ananayo, chief of the Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Department of the DA-CAR, told the media that the intent of the Barangay Bagsakan program is to "help organizations sell quality food at low prices."
Ananayo said that the concept of the Barangay Bagsakan is to eliminate the involvement of middlemen in the distribution of food products by serving as the link between organized producers and the consumers.
According to Ananayo, the scheme could enable the Barangay Bagsakan to sell at as low as P30.00 what is offered in the market at P40.00.
Ananayo informed the media that aside from the initial assistance of PI 00,000.00 for marketing facilities such as freezers, coolers, weighing scales and packing materials, under the program, qualified Barangay Bagsakan participating organizations could also avail of operational assistance of, as high as P300,000.00 at eight percent per annum interest.
Ananayo said that the DA is targeting cooperatives as partners in the Barangay Bagsakan project because they already have clientele and also buildings.
"The Barangay Bagsakan is not intending to compete with private businesses but to address the needs of the poor be¬cause all Filipinos are entitled to low-priced but quality food," Ananayo said.
Fernando Ramos III, director of the Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Services of the DA Central Office said that as part of the Barangay Bagsakan program, Bagsakan Centers could also be established to consolidate major products of the locality and deliver the same to markets in the metropolis.
Ramos said that the Barangay bagsakan makes everybody happy - the consumer from the low prices, the operator from the profits and the food producers from the relatively higher prices of their produce.
"This is a gradual movement. We do not think of big buildings right away. We begin from the small," Ramos said of the project, which he claimed is already thriving in many parts of the country.
Speaking in behalf of Tabuk Mayor Camilo Lammawin, Jr., City Administrator Lawrence Bayongan said that the city government is ready to assist other organizations in the city avail of the Barangay Bagsakan program. ** By Estanislao Albano, Jr.; ZZW, 04 May 2008
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