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CASIGURAN, Aurora — A wood-based company in this northern coastal town has launched a P250-million, 750-hectare sericulture project, which it hopes would generate 7,000 jobs over the next five years.


The Industries Development Corp. (IDC) has piloted a three-hectare mulberry plantation in Barangay Dibacong, plus another three-hectare farm in the adjoining town of Dilasag.

Mulberry is a deciduous tree that grows in temperate regions with purplish edible fruit and leaves that are fed to silkworms.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 352450 [Title] => Sericulture seen as answer to this poor town’s employment woes [Summary] => CASIGURAN, Aurora — Sericulture production is taking this coastal town by storm, with local proponents hoping to cash in on the windfall to empower farmers from moving out of decades of grinding poverty.

In this town situated 200 kilometers from Manila, a three-hectare area in Barangay Dibacong has been turned into a mulberry plantation plus another three-hectare plantation in the adjoining town of Dilasag.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 352636 [Title] => Sericulture seen as answer to this poor town’s employment woes [Summary] => CASIGURAN, Aurora — Sericulture production is taking this coastal town by storm, with local proponents hoping to cash in on the windfall to empower farmers from moving out of decades of grinding poverty.

In this town situated 200 kilometers from Manila, a three-hectare area in Barangay Dibacong has been turned into a mulberry plantation plus another three-hectare plantation in the adjoining town of Dilasag.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 95502 [Title] => Mindanao could become ‘sericulture country’ [Summary] => Mindanao’s potential of becoming "sericulture country" is bright.

This can be attributed to its vast productive lands and suitable climate for sericulture or the production of raw silk by raising silkworms.

Now taking the lead in the development of the island’s silk industry is the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI).
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1203646 [AuthorName] => by Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 97321 [Title] => Mindanao could become ‘sericulture country’ [Summary] => Mindanao’s potential of becoming "sericulture country" is bright.

This can be attributed to its vast productive lands and suitable climate for sericulture or the production of raw silk by raising silkworms.

Now taking the lead in the development of the island’s silk industry is the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI).
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1203646 [AuthorName] => by Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [ArticleID] => 353957
                    [Title] => P250-M sericulture project underway in Aurora
                    [Summary] => 



CASIGURAN, Aurora — A wood-based company in this northern coastal town has launched a P250-million, 750-hectare sericulture project, which it hopes would generate 7,000 jobs over the next five years.


The Industries Development Corp. (IDC) has piloted a three-hectare mulberry plantation in Barangay Dibacong, plus another three-hectare farm in the adjoining town of Dilasag.

Mulberry is a deciduous tree that grows in temperate regions with purplish edible fruit and leaves that are fed to silkworms.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 352450 [Title] => Sericulture seen as answer to this poor town’s employment woes [Summary] => CASIGURAN, Aurora — Sericulture production is taking this coastal town by storm, with local proponents hoping to cash in on the windfall to empower farmers from moving out of decades of grinding poverty.

In this town situated 200 kilometers from Manila, a three-hectare area in Barangay Dibacong has been turned into a mulberry plantation plus another three-hectare plantation in the adjoining town of Dilasag.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 352636 [Title] => Sericulture seen as answer to this poor town’s employment woes [Summary] => CASIGURAN, Aurora — Sericulture production is taking this coastal town by storm, with local proponents hoping to cash in on the windfall to empower farmers from moving out of decades of grinding poverty.

In this town situated 200 kilometers from Manila, a three-hectare area in Barangay Dibacong has been turned into a mulberry plantation plus another three-hectare plantation in the adjoining town of Dilasag.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 95502 [Title] => Mindanao could become ‘sericulture country’ [Summary] => Mindanao’s potential of becoming "sericulture country" is bright.

This can be attributed to its vast productive lands and suitable climate for sericulture or the production of raw silk by raising silkworms.

Now taking the lead in the development of the island’s silk industry is the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI).
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1203646 [AuthorName] => by Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 97321 [Title] => Mindanao could become ‘sericulture country’ [Summary] => Mindanao’s potential of becoming "sericulture country" is bright.

This can be attributed to its vast productive lands and suitable climate for sericulture or the production of raw silk by raising silkworms.

Now taking the lead in the development of the island’s silk industry is the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI).
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1203646 [AuthorName] => by Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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