Ifugao village folk laud DA food terminal

By Marcelo B. Lihgawon

HINGYON, Ifugao -- Residents of Barangay Umalbong here   lauded the government for establishing a barangay food terminal (BFT) here.

The P.2-million project was launched last week by Department of Agriculture, the Provincial Agriculture Environment and Natural Resources Office and barangay officials.

Village chief Pedro Magaya said the BFT will help his constituents in addressing their daily basic needs without going outside the barangay just to buy foods and other necessities.

Umalbong is one of 12 barangays of Hingyon town and about eight kilometers away from Lagawe, the capital town.

Magaya said the BFT will be managed by the Eastern Umalbong Farmers Organization (EUFO) which he chairs.

Meanwhile, Patricio Ananayo of DA-CAR urged the community particularly the EUFO to manage the BFT efficiently.

The BFT is a barangay-based food depot and distribution system offering safe and quality agri-fishery products at low prices to the consumers, which comprises direct marketing of fresh agri and fishery food products from the producers to the BFT where it will be sold on a wholesale and/or retail basis, at a price lower than the prevailing wholesale and retail prices in the market, to its target communities or clienteles.