Tandubas, Tawi-tawi– Four postharvest facilities will soon rise here to boost the town’s seaweed production.

To answer the long clamor of better infrastructure support, three warehouses with solar driers are now being constructed in barangays Silantup, Ballak, and Tapian amounting to a total of P14.871 million benefiting 881 households. While a fish landing worth P5.996 million will also be constructed in Brgy. Tapian Sokah which will benefit 258 fisherfolk.

Tandubas town is known as main producers of seaweeds and other marine products in the province. Aside from fishing, locals also source their livelihood on farming coconut, cassava, and fruit trees.

Through these projects, the percentage of postharvest losses is expected to lower and the agricultural productivity of the fisherfolk will improve and eventually reduce the poverty in the area through increase in farmers’ income.

The multimillion infrastructure project is implemented under the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) in partnership with the Local Government Unit of Tandubas.

Photo op. LGU officials and staff with PSO Mindanao and RPCO ARMM directors and staff after the ground breaking ceremony in Brgy. Silantup. (Photo by Joy M. Montecalvo, PSO Mindanao)

 “The strong leadership of the municipal officials and support from the province of Tawi tawi always aiming to improve the lives of their constituents, and with that aspiration, the national government, through the Department of Agriculture is very much supportive and willing to extend all our assistance to make lives better. This is along the ambition of the Duterte Administration to make food affordable and available in every Filipino table,” said Deputy Project Director for Minadanao Danilo T. Alesna during the recent ground breaking activity.

The local government is looking forward to the improvement of seaweed production and the improvement of quality of life in the island town.

 “We must all be in step with the goals and aspirations we have set in order to contribute to local and national development, not only for ourselves, but also for generations to come,” said Municipal Mayor Hija Rahiema A. Salih. (Joy M. Montecalvo)

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