TUGUEGRAO
CITY, July18, 2013 - The Integrated Farmer’s Cooperative (IFC) is an agrarian
reform beneficiary (ARB) cooperative in the SOUTHCAG Agrarian Reform Community
(SouthCag ARC) located at Namabbalan Sur in the eastern part of Tuguegarao city. It has
been engaged in small scale dairy production since 2004 through fresh carabao
and cow’s milk collection, processing and marketing.
Through the IFC Milk Processing
Shared Service Facility Project funded under the DTI-SSF, the 150-member ARB
cooperative received two units milking machines, 6 units milking cans, one
vacuum sealer and one bottle sealer. These were turned-over in a ceremony at
the Philippine Carabao Center in Tuguegarao City attended by no less than Hon.
Randolph S. Ting, Representative, Third District of Cagayan province and other
officials of the national government agencies, among others.
As an ARB cooperative, the IFC is also
the recipient of several livelihood assistance, organizational management and
skills trainings from LGU-Tuguegarao, the Department of Agriculture (DA),
Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and Department of Trade and Industry, among
others.
Under this project, the IFC is
expected to expand its market, sustain and increase the volume of production of:
(1) pasteurized fresh and flavoured (mango, pandan, chocolate, melon and
pineapple) carabao/cow’s milk, (2) pastillas de leche, (3) yoghurt, and (4)
milk candy bars.Some of the processed milk products produced
and processed by the IFC are available in groceries and supermarkets in
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