PIA Press Release
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Zambo. Norte assures year-round mango supply
by Franklin P. Gumapon
by Franklin P. Gumapon
DIPOLOG CITY, Aug. 18 (PIA) -- Any prospective investor in food processing is always after the availability of raw materials in a particular place where he is planning to put up his business.
This is what POMS Ventures Corp. has discovered in Zamboanga del Norte, the number one mango producer in the region and number two in the country.
Mr. James Santos, manager of POMS Mango Processing Plant in Irasan, Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte, disclosed during yesterday’s session of the three-day investment promotion seminar spearheaded by the Dipolog-Dapitan-Polanco-Katipunan-Roxas-Manukan (DDPKaRoMa) Project Management Office that the province has “abundant and whole year-round supply of mangoes.”
POMS Ventures Corp. is engaged in manufacturing, processing, marketing and distribution of agricultural products such as coconut, mangoes, durian and other fruits.
Santos said the province has adequately supplied the 714.43 metric tons of mangoes that the company needs each year. “So, the supply of raw materials is not a problem here,” he said, adding that “the problems lie in solid waste disposal, water treatment facility and the shipment of products.”
Roxas town has yet to formulate and implement its solid waste management system.
The Dapitan port, on the other hand, has no available vessel direct to Manila. The company has to ship its products to Manila via Ozamis City.
The POMS mango processing plant, which is situated at the Provincial Agri-Industrial Center at Irasan, Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte, is now producing dried mangoes, dried green mangoes, green mangoes puree, mangoes puree, and other processed fruit products.
It can be recalled that coconut and mango are the major cash crops in the province. Like coconuts, mangoes grow all over the province. (ALT/FPG/PIA-Zambo. Norte)
This is what POMS Ventures Corp. has discovered in Zamboanga del Norte, the number one mango producer in the region and number two in the country.
Mr. James Santos, manager of POMS Mango Processing Plant in Irasan, Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte, disclosed during yesterday’s session of the three-day investment promotion seminar spearheaded by the Dipolog-Dapitan-Polanco-Katipunan-Roxas-Manukan (DDPKaRoMa) Project Management Office that the province has “abundant and whole year-round supply of mangoes.”
POMS Ventures Corp. is engaged in manufacturing, processing, marketing and distribution of agricultural products such as coconut, mangoes, durian and other fruits.
Santos said the province has adequately supplied the 714.43 metric tons of mangoes that the company needs each year. “So, the supply of raw materials is not a problem here,” he said, adding that “the problems lie in solid waste disposal, water treatment facility and the shipment of products.”
Roxas town has yet to formulate and implement its solid waste management system.
The Dapitan port, on the other hand, has no available vessel direct to Manila. The company has to ship its products to Manila via Ozamis City.
The POMS mango processing plant, which is situated at the Provincial Agri-Industrial Center at Irasan, Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte, is now producing dried mangoes, dried green mangoes, green mangoes puree, mangoes puree, and other processed fruit products.
It can be recalled that coconut and mango are the major cash crops in the province. Like coconuts, mangoes grow all over the province. (ALT/FPG/PIA-Zambo. Norte)
