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==Indigenous women in Nueva Era trained to processed fruits== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R01&article=1911334627893 | |||
*By: Cherry Joy S. Discaya | |||
*''April 19, 2012'' | |||
LAOAG CITY- At least 35 indigenous women from various rural women organizations were trained to process in-season ripe fruits in Nueva Era, Ilocos Norte. | |||
Packed in class and style, women in the said village introduced a food product they called "Salukag Food." Salukag is an Ilocano vernacular meaning strong and healthy. | |||
Venturing into processing fruits helps local farmers to at least return their capital when local market gives low prices to their crops during peak season. | |||
Fruits like native mangoes are processed into mango pure concentrates, mango jam, and candies. | |||
A combination of local fruits are also being processed by the women, such as candies named "mangorind," a combination of mango and tamarind and "camorind’ which is a combination of camote and tamarind. | |||
All their home-made products are tastefully made with a dip of natural honey harvested from their forest with no preservatives. | |||
Nueva Era Vice Mayor Carolyn Garvida, who led the program, encouraged women in their village to venture into food processing for an additional family income. | |||
“Mothers like us are not only concerned on how to take care of our home and family. We have also talents and skills to augment our family income”, she said. | |||
Initially, the local government of Nueva Era shelled out P90,000 to finance the project. Their government aims to provide livelihood assistance to women using what is abundant in their area. | |||
The local government of Nueva Era hopes to develop a market niche to promote their locally-made food products ready to compete in international market. | |||
==680,000 tourists arrived in Ilocos Norte for Holy Week== | ==680,000 tourists arrived in Ilocos Norte for Holy Week== | ||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R01&article=1911334284228 | *Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R01&article=1911334284228 | ||