Agriculture Business Week

Northern Mindanao, particularly Bukidnon and Misamis Oriental, is where growing squash, particularly the Suprema variety, has developed into a year-round big business for farmers, traders and seed suppliers. Both small-scale and big growers are into growing this variety.

What could be the reason? Well, the farmers have discovered one variety that is preferred by consumers. This is the Suprema which was the first hybrid squash developed in the Philippines and released in 1987. Many other varieties have been introduced since then but it seems nothing can beat Suprema. It reigns supreme to this day.
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Posted on August 17th, 2008 under Vegetables. Tags: Mindanao, Squash, Veggies. Comments: None

What does it take for a backyard venture to make it big into a competitive fruit juice processing market and eventually penetrate a promising market abroad?

Ask Fernando Esguerra of Las Pinas City, a former banker who is now a manufacturer and exporter of high-quality calamansi juice, and he would tell you it’s “the vision to broaden your market.” This, of course, needs hard work, good business sense, and receptiveness to appropriate technologies.

Fernando or Nandy, is the man behind the successful ‘Good Sense Lemonada’, which you find in the shelves of major supermarkets, grocery stores, country clubs, food establishments, health centers, and even at nearby retail stores in Metro Manila.
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Posted on August 17th, 2008 under Fruits. Tags: Calamansi. Comments: None