Harvesting Stability: How a New Postharvest Hub Reinforces Bukidnon’s Agricultural Resilience

COURTESY: JSA/PIA-10/Bukidnon

Strategic Investment and Local Impact

The timely turnover of a P1.68-million postharvest storage hub to the Gango-Kinawe farmers’ cooperative in Libona marks a strategic investment in rural agricultural infrastructure. Moreover, this facility, funded under the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative in Agriculture (AMIA), directly addresses the vulnerability of smallholder farmers to climate risks and market volatility. Consequently, farmers now possess a safeguarded space to store maize and cassava, which will reduce spoilage and enable more calculated market participation.

Regional Executive Director Jose Apollo Y. Pacamalan of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Northern Mindanao emphasized practical benefits. For example, by enabling bulk sales at optimal times, the cooperative can secure improved market prices. Therefore, this intervention not only mitigates postharvest losses but also enhances income stability for households dependent on agriculture.

Governance, Coordination, and Community Benefits

Effective coordination remains essential, and Pacamalan urged crop registration and collaboration with Municipal Agriculture Officers (MAOs) to balance supply and demand. Additionally, past episodes of discarded produce due to poor market prices illustrate the cost of insufficient planning; thus, registration during planting will help prevent oversupply and expand market access. Consequently, the storage hub represents both relief and a catalyst for better agricultural governance.

Furthermore, community leaders articulated profound gratitude and commitment to collective advancement. Chairperson Angelito Atillo of the Gango-Kinawe Community-based Participatory Action Research Producers Cooperative (GKCPAR) highlighted how the new facility will reduce spoilage, raise incomes, and sustain livelihoods. On the same day, DA-10 also turned over another warehouse to the Bliss Lingion Multipurpose Cooperative in Manolo Fortich, thereby extending similar support across Bukidnon and reinforcing the province’s role as Northern Mindanao’s food basket.

Weather Update: Rainfall Advisory is Now Terminated

COURTESY: CDRRMD - Oro Rescue

11:20 AM 10MAY2025

Basi sa pahimangno sa PAGASA ganihang 10:20 sa buntag, gi-wala na ang tanang Rainfall Advisory sa tibuok Mindanao.

Walay pag ulan sa CDO karong orasa.

Walay pag ulan sa Libona; Mampayag, Dahilayan ug Lindaban, Manolo Fortich.

Walay pag ulan usab sa Talakag ug Baungon.

NORMAL ang LEVEL sa tubig sa mga suba sa Cagayan ug Iponan.

CDRRMD pabilin sa pag monitor.

11:20 AM 10MAY2025

Based on the advisory of PAGASA as of 10:20 in the morning, all Rainfall Advisory for the whole of Mindanao has been lifted.

There is no rain in CDO this time.

No rain in Libona; Mampayag, Dahilayan and Lindaban, Manolo Fortich.

No rain again in Talakag and Baungon.

The water level of the rivers of Cagayan and Iponan is NORMAL.

CDRRMD stay on monitoring.