DAVAO CITY – Cacao farmers from San Isidro town in Davao del Norte received last Thursday cacao tablets processing facilities from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
DTI Region XI Director Maria Belenda Ambi turned over cacao bean roaster, colloid mill and tempering machine worth P730,000 to Chokolate de San Isidro, Inc.
In a Philippine Information Agency dispatch, data from DTI said the equipment will “double the monthly production volume of the company from two tons to four tons.”
“As of today, 80% of the Cacao production in the country comes from Mindanao and most of it from Davao Region, where CSI is one of the biggest producing company,” Ambi said.
CSI Vice President Theodore Delfin Garcia said that their company, which is exporting Cacao products to Netherlands and Germany, will also expand the market to Japan and Australia. (davaotoday.com)
