DTI Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) Director Leah Pulido Ocampo and DTI Region 1 (Ilocos Region) Director Grace Falgui Baluyan conducted the Bamboo Cluster Year-end Assessment and Planning cum Benchmarking Mission last December 11 in Bayambang, Pangasinan, which was participated by bamboo focal persons from different regions nationwide.
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) has announced the enactment of an ordinance institutionalizing the bamboo development program in Batanes.
Published May 23, 2021, 8:48 AM
The lowly but sturdy bamboo is getting a share of the limelight in the international market.
Mindanao’s bamboo industry recently received an International Commodity Certification (ICC) which will allow it to penetrate the American billion-dollar construction market.
Mr. Rod Bioco, Chairperson of the Bukidnon Giant Bamboo Resources Corporation, said the Philippines can supply a portion of the United States’ annual 3,000 container requirement.
The opportunity also translates to more income generating opportunities as processing facilities are tapped to transform raw materials into items for export.
“It’s going to be irresponsible if we are going to ask people to plant, plant, plant if there is no post harvest facility so otherwise they become poor poor poor it has to be hand in hand,” Bioco explained in the recently held Mindanao Bamboo Summit.