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 ==[[Quirino News]]==
-'''Youth leadership summit proposed to strengthen military and civil society partnership on insurgency'''
+'''Quirino cassava cooperative sets 500-hectare expansion'''
-*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=451331014901
+*Source: http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/business/top-business-news/18819-quirino-cassava-cooperative-sets-500-hectare-expansion
-*Tuesday 6th of March 2012
+*Friday, March 09, 2012
 :by  Thelma C. Bicarme
-CABARROGUIS, Quirino, March 6 (PIA) -- The 502nd Infantry (Liberator) Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, Philippine Army proposed a youth leadership summit (YLS) for those aged 15 to 25 years old who are either studying or out of school, in a move to strengthen the youth as individuals and as a sector from manipulation and insurgency, as well as to strengthen the local government units (LGUs) and military’s relationship in preventing insurgency problems.
+The use of a flatbed drier (FBD) by a farmer’s cooperative planting cassava in Quirino province has resulted in a big increase of areas planted to the crop.
-Col. Reynaldo H. Labanen of the Philippine Army said they are now coordinating with school officials of the colleges, LGUs, social organization and non-government organizations to firm up agreements regarding the conduct of YLS either in the military camp or in other venues to be designated by the mayors.
+The Abrasa Multi-Purpose Cooperative (AMPC) in Diffun, Quirino has been into cassava planting to supply San Miguel Corp. for the company’s feed processing needs. It started farming cassava in 2008 with 20 hectares. But with the discovery that an FBD can be effectively used to dry cassava, especially during the rainy season, the cooperative expanded their lands planted to cassava to 200 hectares. They plan to add another 500 hectares this year to be also devoted to cassava.
-“Support in terms of resource speakers, venue, food and water, and material requirements will be requested from the LGUs, social organizations and non-government organizations and the personnel and equipment for the summits will be provided by our office,” Labanen said.
+The FBD used by the cooperative was provided by the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (DA-PhilMech). PhilMech Executive Director Ricardo Cachuela said that the cooperative discovered in July 2010 that FBDs can be used to efficiently dry cassava, which prompted more farmers in Quirino to plant the perennial crop. The use of FBDs also allow cassava farmers to make harvests all year round. Likewise, since FBDs use biomass to generate heat, the cooperative need not purchase fuel to operate the dryers.
-Labanen said the YLS is a two- to four-day stay-in activity on educating the youth on how they can help address the problem of and insurgency, and on issues concerning the environment protection, drug abuse, human rights, and spiritual values.
+“When we don’t have yet the flatbed dryer, we prevent those who are scheduled to harvest, we reschedule them so that we have enough time to dry when the sun is up. But when we discovered the flatbed dryer, they can now harvest anytime. Shrinkage of cassava was also minimized,” said Jomar Corpuz, the operations manager of AMPC.
-“Through the YLS, we will be able to keep the youth aware of the deceiving issues and activities of lawless groups and associations,” the military official said. (TCB-PIA 2)
+Fresh or undried cassava are bought by the cooperative from its members. The cooperative will then cut the undried cassava using a palay thresher. The freshly-cut cassava will then be dried using an FBD to achieve the required 14-percent moisture content. Before discovering the use of the FBD to dry cassava, the cooperative simply relied on sun drying, which was tedious, time consuming and made the freshly cut cassava open to contamination from the air.
+With more efficient drying operations, the cooperative delivers 100 metric tons of dried cassava to the San Miguel Corp. plant in Echague, Isabela province.
+With the expansion of its plantations, the cooperative will increase its frequency of deliveries of dried cassava to every week.
+While cassava is also a staple, it has many industrial uses and can be used to as feed for livestock. It is also a good source of bioethanol. The DA is pushing for the expansion of areas planted to cassava to supplement corn as an animal feed. The wonder of cassava is it can be planted in areas where there is a not much water and along hilly areas.
+DA-PhilMech is also cooperating with a local manufacturer of farm machinery, Agricomponent Machinery and Construction Corp., for the development of a drying system for granulated cassava, which is used as an animal feed ingredient. Agricomponent is based in Cauayan City, Isabela and is an accredited DA-PhilMech manufacturer of FBDs and multi-fuel biomass furnace.
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