The government should put up cold chain facilities in the countryside to solve the agricultural production woes in the Philippines, according to the head of a logistics solutions firm.
THE government should put up cold chain facilities in the countryside to solve the agricultural production woes in the Philippines, according to the head of a logistics solutions firm.
He explained that since “importation is via port of Manila,” when the items arrive, there should be a facility that can handle them and distribute them to cold chain facilities. He wondered aloud why the government is only focused on the demand, “and why are they not solving the supply side? It’s all there in the provinces, in the rural areas.
“Out of 7,600 islands in the country, there are very few ice-making machines provided to fishermen,” and this accounts for why “we are just good at making tuyo and daing. Why? Because that’s the only thing the fishermen [can do]” given the circumstances, Pamintuan said.
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