A groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a Rice Processing Center was held in Brgy. Maparat, Compostela on March 6, 2014 with national and local officials leading the ceremony.
The P12.4M project comprises a multi-pass rice mill with a minimum output capacity of 1.2tons/hr, 2 sets batch re-circulating dryers with individual capacity of 18 tons/batch Palay output and equipped with biomass fed-furnace, a weighing scale (Bascula),1 unit portable moisture meter, and 1 unit warehouse with a total area of 550 sq.m.
Department of Agriculture (DA) USEC Dante Delima and DA RED Remelyn R. Recoter challenged the rice farmers, once the project will become operational, to maximize the project saying they have to organize production as the rice mill has a minimum output of 1.2 tons per hour. Delima also said the timetable of the project would be in time for the wet season for the next cropping season.
Comval Gov. Arturo Uy and Compostela Mayor Lema Bolo expressed their deep gratitude saying this will greatly help a lot especially that the town is considered the rice granary in the province.
Source: Compostela Valley Facebook Account
Information credit to Fe Maestre of IDS Comval
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