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DOST, Alaminos hold training on mango value-adding process

Wednesday, July 03, 2019 12:27 AM    Views : 388by:Hilda Austria

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ADDING VALUE TO MANGOES.Members of agri-groups in Pangasinan join the training on mango value-adding processing in Alaminos City on June 27-28, 2019. The products are vinegar, jams, pastillas, and pickles, which are expected to cater to the taste buds of tourists visiting Hundred Islands National Park. (Photo courtesy of Alaminos City FB page)


ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan -- Mangoes produced in this city and some neighboring towns and cities will soon be turned into various products such as jams, vinegar, pickles, and pastillas, after some 27 members of agri-groups attended the mango value-adding processes training.

City agriculturist Araceli Talania said the training, spearheaded by the Department of Science and Technology-Pangasinan Science Technology Center (DOST-PCST) and the city government of Alaminos, was held here on June 27-28.

“We have a lot of mango, especially the Indian mango variety and since not all are sold, the other produced were just wasted. So we come up with this training to make other products out of the common fruit mango we find in our locality,” she said in an interview Tuesday.

Talania said the mangoes are even organic as pesticides are not used to prevent pests from infecting the trees.

“We chose two representatives from each of the agri-groups in the city and some from other towns and cities so they could share to their members the processes on how to add value to mango,” she added.

Talania further said they target to sell the processed mango products mostly to tourists who visit the Hundred Islands National Park.

“The products were delicious. I’m sure the tourists would love it,” she said.

Talania said the training is in preparation for the next mango season.

“They have funds to start with and mangoes are plentiful in our province so by next year, they could possibly sell processed mangoes,” she said.(PNA)

Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1073873

 

 
 
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