DAGUPAN, Pangasinan— Value chain analysis (VCA) consultant Marian Boquiren deemed it necessary for the peanut and onion stakeholders to know the true story and the real situation of the commodities’ industry.

“Dig deeper on the industry’s story,” Boquiren stressed during the Regional Project Coordination Office 1 – Planning at Local and National Levels (RPCO-1 I-PLAN) peanut and onion stakeholders’ consultation workshop held on September 3-5 at Dagupan Village Hotel here.

Onion and peanut industry stakeholders sit on the consultation workshop heedful on VCA consultant Marian Boquiren’s presentation of preliminary list of the commodities’ constraints and opportunities in Ilocos region.

She emphasized to the farmers, traders, agriculturists and Provincial Project Monitoring and Implementing Units (PPMIUs) from Pangasinan, La Union, Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte, the need for a heedful study on the said industries for the projects efficient implementation.

The consultant also presented a preliminary list of constraints and opportunities she gathered during a survey among farmers, traders and processors of peanut and onion in the Ilocos Region.

Boquiren, together with Luzon A Project Support Office (PSO) IPLAN component head Ariel Briones, regards the listing of all constraints and opportunities for the peanut and onion commodities a very crucial aspect of VCA.

PPMIUs were later tasked to come up with a draft Priority Commodity Investment (PCIP) plan on peanut and onion based on the identified constraints and opportunities. (Ilocos InfoACE)