Spanish firm wants to buy seaweeds from RP
Hispanagar
This was learned from Jerry E. Pacturan, executive director of the Philippine Development Assistance Programme (PDAP) which is helping seaweed farmers in Sitangkai. In a recent meeting in
Pacturan said he met with Hispanagar general manager Javier Fernandez and purchasing manager German Gonzalez who are looking at the possibility of buying 120 metric tons of seaweed from Tawi-tawi farmers every month.
“We also talked about the increasing prices of seaweeds, which is affecting processors worldwide. This is, however, an Asian phenomenon with
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Seaweeds are produced in enormous quantity in approximately 10,000 hectares (out of the 60,000 hectares available) and an estimated average annual production volume of 120,000 metric tons valued at over $150 million or P6.6 billion.
Pacturan said companies like Hispanagar are turning to the
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