Tags: Cottage Industries, Livelihood Programs, Tourism
By Anna Valmero
BUENAVISTA, MARINDUQUE – The town of Buenavista will ink a “sisterhood” pact with Parañaque in Metro Manila and Lucena in Quezon province to foster better trade and cultural relations.
Under this pact, Buenavista would ship organically grown pigs and farm produce to Parañaque, which is known for its thriving lechon and restaurant industry, according to Mayor Russel Sarmiento Madrigal.
“The organic native pigs would be sold at P120 per live kilo. For December, we shipped 500 organically grown pigs a week,” Madrigal said.
Although the price of P120 per kilo may seem cheaper than the P180 average kilo of commercial pork meat in the market, Madrigal said the local government held a price consultation with organic pig farmers and the agreement would assure them of sure buyers.
By the end of February, organic crops grown in Barangay Sihi such as corn, banana, purple yam, coconut and other root crops will also be shipped to Parañaque.
The nito vine, fashioned into different handicrafts and furniture, would soon be introduced into its shipments to Parañaque after introducing the product to visiting city tourism officials last month.
The sisterhood pact would also increase the tourism potential of Buenavista, which only enjoys seasonal tourists during the Moriones Festival during Lent, according to Madrigal.
The local government is bullish that tourism would be upbeat once it starts the year-long campaign for its summer destinations such as the Bulusukan falls in Bgy. Bagtingon and sulfur pools in Bgy. Malbog, and the historic Pinaglabanan site where Marinduque natives fought the Japanese during World War II.
The town mayor added that they will also introduce a cultural immersion tour in which visitors would be educated about the unique cottage industries of Buenavista town such as butterfly farming, coconut sugar production, nito handicraft weaving and manufacture of the uraro, a pasalubong delicacy.
For its partnership with Lucena, the town aims to import, at lower taxes, building and construction materials such as steel and cement. To date, most of the construction materials here are imported from nearby Mindoro island, which is three hours away by boat from Buenavista.
Buenavista also seeks to learn from the trade practices of Lucena and on how to establish rural colleges in town. Once the sisterhood pact is signed, Buenavista also targets to have an average market pricing for crop exports to Lucena such as copra and fish.
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