Mangoes from Pangasinan to US
Written by Ms. Confuse on Saturday, June 14, 2008
The provincial board here has certified Pangasinan free from mango pests, paving the way for the shipment of local mangoes to the United States.
In a resolution, Board Member Danilo Uy said the US Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Plant Industry found in a survey in 2007 that mangoes in the province were free from mango pulp and seed weevil, two pests that previously prevented shipment of Philippine mangoes to the US.
Vincent Adorna, USDA-BPI regional project coordinator, said in a letter to the provincial government that Hernani Golez, chief of the National Mango Research and Development Center, certified that "not a single specimen of the weevil (egg, larva, pupa and adult) was found" in the mangoes produced in Pangasinan.
The province topped mango production with its output of 24.93 metric tons of mangoes a hectare, according to the 2007 data found in the Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (Amas) of the Department of Agriculture website.
The province was followed by South Cotabato (18.21 metric tons per hectare), Pampanga (17.02 MT/ha), Zamboanga del Sur (12.81 MT/ha) and Ilocos Norte (11.91 MT/ha).
Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said 40 percent of mangoes in the Philippines came from Pangasinan. However, only mangoes from Guimaras are currently accepted in the US mainland.
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By Anonymous on June 14, 2008 at 10:58 AM
wow! this is good news! I hope the Philippine government will put more attention to strengthening the agriculture sector. here in the UK, their mangoes come mainly from Africa and some other nearby countries.
i keep on telling my husband the British people have to taste our Philippine mangoes as they are missing a lot if they will not have the opportunity to taste them. Philippine mangoes are grown and ripened by genuine tropical sun. Lovely!