ILOILO CITY – A P10-million dairy processing center will soon rise in the island province of Guimaras.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the facility was held recently in Jordan, the provincial capital.
The processing center known as Dairy Box will be the fourth facility in Western Visayas built by the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) which is under the Department of Agriculture (DA).
“This project aims to strengthen the country's production of dairy products and not to rely mainly on imports,” said PCC Director Arn Granada.
The Dairy Box is a one-stop-shop for carabao-based products and construction has funding from the office of Sen. Cynthia Villar.
The operations of Dairy Box will be managed by the Guimaras Employees Multi-Purpose Cooperative (GEMPC).
"This project is really of great help to our community,” said Mercy Diaz, chairperson of the GEMPC board.
To jumpstart the project, the PCC gave 40 carabaos.
Dairy Box is also backed by the provincial government of Guimaras and the National Housing Authority (NHA).