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Saturday, August 02, 2008

JICA Mission


A few weeks ago we accompanied the JICA Mission as part of the concluding activities of our joint project. The Mission was composed of Mr. Ouye, Mr. Saito, and Ms. Shikiri. They visited all project areas. In the KKMI areas, they visited dairy plant managed by the federation and all primary cooperatives.
During their visit in SALBA Dairy Cooperative in San Pablo City, Laguna, they found that the movable type milking machine donated by JICA was installed in a milking parlor and actually used by several farmers. The concept of a communal milking parlor is something new to the Japanese that Mr. Saito admitted that it was the first time he learned of such a set-up and may be included in their report.
At the PALCON Cooperative, they were greeted by the construction site where the hammer mill will be installed. The hammer mill was originally donated to Malinao Cooperative. However, Malinao was short in resources to fully utilize the hammer mill, so the decision was made to transfer the machinery to Palcon.
The rest of the visit in Quezon was a treat from Cong. Alcala. You can find the story here.

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