Wao, Lanao del Sur – The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) has identified the town of Wao, Lanao del Sur in the Bangsamoro Region as one of the five pilot sites of the Mindanao Corn Grains Silo Storage System which is aimed at boosting the region’s corn industry.
Wao, located near the boundaries of Bukidnon to the east and Cotabato to the south, is one of the major corn production areas not only in Mindanao but the whole country.
Problems on the absence of post-harvest facilities and oppressive farm gate prices prompted farmers to shift to other crops with some of them leasing their lands to pineapple producing companies.
With food sufficiency issues confronting the country today in the face of the COVID 19 Pandemic, MinDA aims to boost Mindanao’s poultry and livestock industry by increasing corn production.
MinDA is advocating the establishment of Corn Grains Silo Storage Facilities in key corn production areas which will all be linked by a digital platform creating a virtual network of corn farmers to protect them from manipulative pricing by the market.
The project is proposed to be included in the European Union-funded MINPAD-RISE Program for Mindanao which will be managed by MinDA.
Wao is one of the pilot areas along with Baungon town in Bukidnon which is funding the project through a loan from the Development Bank of the Philippines.
Recently, I visited Wao with Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal Adiong Jr. and Cong. Ansarrudin Adiong to explain the concept of the Corn Storage Silo System to the town’s corn farmers led by Mayor Elvino Balicao, Jr.
Following the public forum where the stakeholders expressed deep interest in the project, MinDA will hold a two-day orientation workshop to start the groundwork for the establishment of the facility and the organization of an Economic Enterprise Office to handle the project.
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