DOST, Davao City LGU ink MOA to upgrade packaging tech, logistics

“Through DFTC, farmers will be able to directly sell their products to supermarkets, hotels, convenience stores, and fast-food chains and increase their income by 20 to 30 percent by enhancing the quality of products and reducing spoilage of whole and semi-processed commodities like mango, pomelo, papaya, lettuce, broccoli, and carrots,” DOST said.

The DOST is set to provide a total of P4.3 million funding support or technologies and interventions, such as transport packaging, modified atmosphere packaging, post-harvest treatment, semi-processing, and design and branding. “Any packaging system should complement the appropriate logistical operation to ensure that the products reach their prime quality with the most economical cost; complementing and improving the facilities and services of the DFTC as a techno-transfer hub, not only to mitigate the adverse effects of COVID -19 but more so, to contribute to the food security in Region XI,” DOST-ITDI Director Dr. Annabelle V. Briones said.

In 2019, the Department of Agriculture XI and Davao City LGU jointly opened the P74.8-million DFTC in Barangay Daliao, Toril, which serves as a major drop-off point of various agricultural produce and trading center.

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