PAGBILAO, Quezon—Quezon farmer-producers are expected soon to become entrepreneurs and help facilitate the progress of the agricultural sector in the whole Quezon province with the establishment of Quezon Food and Herbal Processing Center (QFHPC) in Barangay Talipan here.
Party-list Rep. Anna Villaraza-Suarez of Alona, who led the inauguration of QFHPC on Friday at the Provincial Agricultural Complex here, said the establishment of the processing center will give Quezon farmers the opportunity to become entrepreneurs.
Villaraza-Suarez, wife of Gov. David “Jayjay” Suarez, addressed the participants of the short program at the inauguration and blessing attended by provincial agriculturist Roberto Gajo, Department of Science and Technology and Department of Trade and Industry Provincial Heads Girlie Jawili and Juliet Tadiosa, Philippine Coconut Authority Region 4A Regional Manager Erlene Manohar, Municipal Agriculturists and nutrition action officers, and various representatives of nongovernment groups and other stakeholders of the agricultural sector of the province.
The QFHPC will cater to the production of complementary foods for the supplemental feeding of some 86,000 underweight children aged 6 to 59 months of the Quezon provincial nutrition office and for processing and manufacture of the province’s agricultural food and herbal products, Villaraza-Suarez said.