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  • Speeding Up Passenger and Cargo Traffic In Zamboanga Sibugay

    Residents of Barangay Malinao in Mabuhay, Zamboanga Sibugay, benefit from a 54-meter-long, stair-type boat landing and pier head built through a partnership between the Mabuhay municipal government of Mabuhay and the U.S. Agency for International Developm...
  • Sultan Kudarat Emerges as Country’s Top Coffee Producer

    ISULAN, SULTAN KUDARAT—Few Filipino consumers are aware that the Mindanao region produces more than 70 percent of the country’s annual coffee output of approximately 98,000 metric tons.Sultan Kudarat Province alone produced more than 19,000 metric ton...
  • Papayas to the Middle East

    Members of the Tupi Papaya and Guava Growers Association (TUPAGGA), a farmers’ association based in South Cotabato, applied hot water treatment (HWT) to sunrise variety papayas which were recently shipped to Dubai in theUnited Arab Emirates. TUPAGGA’s...
  • Trading Magnet in Bongao

    The coastal barangay of Ipil in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, is home to more economic activity with the help of a boat landing and 35-meter rock causeway built by the U.S. Agency for International Development, through its Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Progra...
  • Farm to Market Access in Sultan Kudarat

    The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) recently completed a 42-meter-long reinforced concrete suspension footbridge across the DololRiver, in Telafas, Columbio, in Sultan Kudarat Province, in partnership with the municipal government. Throu...
  • A Small Group of Fruit Farmers Sells Directly to the Global Market

    GENERAL SANTOS CITY—Many small farmers and producers in developing countries, aware of the quality control standards and volume requirements of buyers in the global food trade, quickly decide that they can’t afford to compete.  But as a fruit growing...
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