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Post by tracymack on Apr 2, 2008 11:07:29 GMT 8
One poster from Baguio City (paulmarcelo23) was inquiring about carabao milk for their feasibility study. In an attempt to help, I started this thread. We can post here articles or links pertaining to the buffalo/carabao milk industry in Urdaneta.
From what I know, former senator Shahani has a farm in Urdaneta where they raise & do research on buffalos for their milk. I've also read about the Tulong Multi-Purpose Cooperative (TMPC) in Barangay Tulong and that their coop is doing well when it comes to buffalo milk production.
I hope the city government would tap into the potential of buffalo milk because we obviously have a lot of carabaos in Urdaneta and we have the biggest cattle market. This could be a good source of livelihood for Urdanetans.
Regarding buffalo milk, some claim that it is better than cows' milk since it contains less fat. I don't know much about the scientific facts but I do believe that this is worth looking at.
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Post by tracymack on Apr 2, 2008 14:56:09 GMT 8
Here's some stuff from the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) website. It looks like Urdaneta is supervised by the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU) in Rosario, La Union. PCC @ DMMMSULocation: Rosario, La Union Tel. No. (072) 712-0118 Total Land Area:20 Hectare (includes pasture area) Area Coverage :La Union Benguet Pangasinan Impact Zone:Urdaneta CityServices/Activities:1. Cooperating Research and Development Center 2. Artificial Insemination 3. Bull Loan 4. Carabao-Based Enterprise Development 5. Technical Assistance Dairy Buffalo Modules established/Farmer’s Cooperative being assisted:1. Tulong Primary Multi-Purpose Coop. Inc. - Urdaneta City2. Bantog Samahang Nayon Multi-purpose Coop - Bantog, Asingan, Pangasinan 3. Lawak Dairy Cooperative - Lawak Pangasinan 4. Total Quality Productivity Management Cooperative - San Miguel, Pangasinan 5. Budhi ng Pilipinas Foundation - Tulong, Urdaneta City Herd Inventory as of August 2007: Bulls | Cows | Heifers | Calves | Total | 4 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 35 |
*BMB - Bulgarian Murrah Buffalo *PC - Philippine Carabao StaffStaff | Designation | Prof. Charito C. Callado | Center Director | Gloria M. Dela Cruz | Science Research Specialist II | Vilma N. Caramat | Science Research Specialist I | Beverlyn A. Crisologo | Science Research Assistant | Bernandino D. Janerol Jr. | Agriculural Technician I | Elorde G. Calonge | Farm Worker I | Martin A. Calonge Jr. | Farm Worker I | Armando G. Ladia | Farm Worker I |
Source: www.pcc.da.gov.ph/pccAtDmmmsu.html
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Post by tracymack on Apr 2, 2008 14:59:46 GMT 8
Here's more from PCC..
Boosting Rural Economy and Empowering the Rural Sector
Ninety eight percent of the world’s 173 million buffaloes is found in Asia. Millions of families are benefiting in many ways from the animals as source of milk, meat, draft and hide.
In the Philippines, there are about 3.2 million carabaos, of which 99% is with small-hold farmers. This represents appropriately three million families or about 15 million Filipinos.
Improving Nutritional Status In rural communities, a large percentage of children below 7 years are considered undernourished. This affects the growth rate and the development of their brain and at the same time increases suscepti- bility to diseases.
Improvement in the milk productivity of local animals and direct utiliza-tion of the milk in the household represent a significant increment in the access of the rural people, especially the youth, to one of the most nutritious foods.
Production of milk in every household negates the need to provide sophisticated milk distribution system since every household is a milk producer.
Availability of milk for the young and growing human population in the rural area is a single major insurance for a subsequent generation of healthy and productive Filipinos. This consideration takes into account the fact that a large percentage of births occur in rural and poor sectors with less access to protein-rich food, particularly during their cri-tical period of development. Not only are the kids stunted physically due to protein deprivation while young, but more alarming is the negative effect on brain development and thus on their intelligence.
Employment and Boosting Rural Income An increasing number of people in the rural areas are in need of employment opportunities and income generating ventures.
A program to support development of the already existing resource base in the rural areas offers a good opportunity to generate additional income from milk, meat and other value-added products for millions of rural folks.
The rural faming families are dependent on crop-based production system, raising mostly rice, corn, sugarcane and coconut. This system is characterized by increasing cost of inputs such as fertilizer and seeds and a declining net income complicated by the seasonality in harvest. Integrating carabao production for milk and/or meat can significantly augment their meager income and provide daily availability of cash from the sales of milk.
Income level derived from a purebred dairy buffalo or two crossbred carabaos can easily be equated to one sustainable job. And the opportunity for farmers to create additional income from such endeavor is indeed vast since their animal holdings can multiply and the feed resources in the farm are readily available.
Greater returns are obtained by farmers that opt to be specialized dairy producers, with income several folds than those from their traditional crops.
In essence, creating productive carabaos can be equated to creating jobs among rural families.
Contributing to the National Economy Ever since, the Philippines is import dependent for its milk and dairy products requirement with local production meeting only about 2-3% of the country’s needs. Average annual import value has been US$450 million and keeps on growing with the increasing human population. In fact, milk and dairy products comprise the second largest agricultural import into the country.
Utilization of the huge existing Carabao population by way of intro- duction of the dairy breed germplasm to improve production potentials for milk and meat and harnessing the underutilized labor force in the rural families are endeavors that lead to reducing import dependency in the future. Such initiatives put premium to developing local farmers as producers, shifting the import dependency to self reliance, em- powering the rural sectors and boosting the national economy.
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Post by tracymack on Apr 2, 2008 15:14:15 GMT 8
Old news mentioning the Tulong Multi-Purpose Cooperative (TMPC) and the Budhi ng Pilipinas Foundation, Inc (BPFI). Both are based in Urdaneta City. Here are the highlights: 1. In 2003 alone, the Tulong coop generated an additional income of Php393,966 from the sale of 12,311 liters of milk produced. 2. TMPC also supplied 3,368 liters of milk, worth Php103,360, for the milk feeding program of the Department of Education from July 28, 2003 to February 3, 2004. Sen. Magsaysay supports buffalo-based dairy enterprise9/12/2005 Sen. Ramon B. Magsaysay Jr., chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, has allocated Php1 million from his countryside development fund (CDF) for the implementation of a buffalo-based dairy enterprise in Asingan, Pangasinan. The amount was released on February 7, through the Department of Science and Technology-Technology Application and Promotion Institute (DOST-TAPI) as the fund conduit to the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC), an attached agency of the Department of Agriculture (DA). The PCC will be the lead implementing agency of the Asingan project. According to Dr. Libertado C. Cruz, PCC executive director, the undertaking will be similar to the integrated buffalo dairying projects of the Tulong Multi-Purpose Cooperative (TMPC) in Barangay Tulong, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, and the Nueva Ecija Federation of Dairy Carabao Cooperatives (NEFEDCCO), which comprises 27 member-cooperatives and five affiliates. The dairy enterprises of TMPC and NEFEDCCO benefit over 1,000 farmer-members in terms of additional daily income from milk sales. Magsaysay, who also heads the Congressional Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization (COCAFM), expressed hope that the Asingan project will replicate the success of TMPC, which is being assisted by the DA-PCC in collaboration with the Budhi ng Pilipinas Foundation Incorporated (BPFI), a non-government organization based in Urdaneta, Pangasinan founded by then Senator Letecia Ramos-Shahani. Part of the fund assistance from Senator Magsaysay will be used to pay for the 25 Bulgarian Murrah Buffaloes (BMBs) that will be distributed to the members of Bantog Samahang Nayon Multi-Purpose Cooperative who qualified as participants of the project entitled ''Smallhold Farmers' Empowerment Through Carabao-based Dairy Development in Pangasinan Province.'' The animals will be utilized for milk production as a source of additional income and nutritious food for children in the community. At present, farmers in Asingan derive their income mainly from palay production and are either tenants or small landholders. PCC, through its center based at the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University, will implement the project with the BPFI as partner. PCC-DMMSU will extend technical assistance as well as hands-on coaching and supervision on project-related activities. The Tulong Multi-Purpose Cooperative is the first recipient of the PCC's 25-cow dairy buffalo module. Barangay Tulong was the venue for launching the dairy buffalo module in 1997. Today, 29 TMPC farmer-members each own at least one pure Bulgarian Murrah Buffalo. These animals are the farmers' source of additional daily income over a period of some 10 months, which is the lactating duration that ensues upon giving birth to a calf.
In 2003 alone, the Tulong coop generated an additional income of Php393,966 from the sale of 12,311 liters of milk produced. They also supplied 3,368 liters of milk, worth Php103,360, for the milk feeding program of the Department of Education from July 28, 2003 to Feb. 3, 2004. Moreover, the Tulong farmers have already paid more than half of the 35 dairy buffaloes loaned to them by PCC. The module has been replicated by the PCC in Nueva Ecija by establishing the province as the national impact zone for dairy buffaloes. Success in the NEFEDCCO enterprise has also been proven as farmer-recipients with at least one lactating animal have recorded an average additional income of P40,000 in a 10-month lactating period. Source: Central Luzon State University
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Post by tracymack on Apr 2, 2008 15:20:51 GMT 8
Here's an article from the Bureau of Agricultural Research of the Department of Agriculture. NIZ: Innovative model for improved draft carabaoby Marlowe U. Aquino, PhD Source: Bureau of Agricultural ResearchAfter the success of the Philippine carabao documentation project that changed the lives of carabao raisers and farmers, comes an innovative model to develop the draft animal for productivity and profitability. The National Impact Zone (NIZ) model is the answer that shifted the role of the draft animal into more diversified animal for milk, meat, draft and hide. NIZ model is one of the modalities and development processes that propelled the implementation of the Carabao Development Program (CDP) of the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC). The concept is a holistic modality developed by Drs. Libertado C. Cruz and Zosimo M. Battad for the purpose of improving the socio-economic situation of carabao farmers who are into dairy production from production, processing and marketing activities supported by technical and financial services. PCC, in partnership with the provincial government of Nueva Ecija, is now in the process of implementing the NIZ by incorporating critical elements of development to establish a productive, profitable, stable, and sustainable carabao enterprise development. Initially, the carabao dairy village enterprise is a working model and strategy to implement the NIZ. The NIZ template is basically anchored on PCC's “25 cow dairy buffalo module” which offers 25 purebred Bulgarian buffaloes to 25 qualified farmers who are members of a primary cooperative. In return, one farmer-cooperative receives and takes care of one dairy buffalo cow under a five-year contact with PCC. Through this scheme, arrangement and expansion or roll-over activities are done for more participation and people's involvement in the CDP. Originally, CDP was envisioned to mobilize ideas, efforts, resources and participation of smallholder farmers, local government units, concerned government and non-government institutions and organizations and entrepreneurs. This was observed in the first PCC initiated activity with the Tulong Multi-purpose Cooperative in Tulong, Urdaneta, Pangasinan in cooperation with the Budhi ng Pilipinas Foundation. As the CBED progressed and new lessons were learned it became a development process and work in progress that was transformed into the NIZ.To date, NIZ is more pragmatic and interactive and its activities were considered to showcase the viability of the carabao production for greater benefit of the smallholder farmers and rural farming communities. Thus, the NIZ is strengthening the internal and external capacities of key players and stakeholders. The individuals, organizations and communities involved in the NIZ implementation are now more responsive because of PCC's commitment to improve the carabao industry as a whole. However, it was noted that to further enhance NIZ implementation, more participatory monitoring and evaluation activity should be undertaken for effective feedback mechanism on the resource utilization and provision of technical services. Through PCC's programs, the success of the NIZ will depend on balanced, well-coordinated and timely delivery of services and most importantly the responsibility of ownership by the people and community on the program and projects on carabao development. As long as the clientele of the NIZ is assured that they have a role to play in the implementation of the NIZ, social capitalization and people empowerment will be the strong factors on the success of the NIZ nationwide. The NIZ piloted in Nueva Ecija with the Nueva Ecija Federation of Carabao Cooperative (NEFEDCCO) is supported by PCC. The coop's crucial role is to implement the NIZ as a working model and development initiative to be replicated in the regional impact zone (RIZ). The PCC's 13 regional carabao centers in the country will drumbeat the implementation of the RIZ in order that all efforts on carabao development in the country will be localized and address the technology needs and requirements of the people. With the strong technical support and people's determination, the NIZ is seen as a nationwide modality for development projects not only for carabao but other livestock commodities was well.
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Post by tracymack on Oct 7, 2008 7:58:48 GMT 8
Afraid of Chinese milk? Try local caraba
By Yolanda Sotelo-Fuertes Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 03:31:00 10/05/2008
URDANETA CITY, Philippines—Hate melamine-tainted milk from China? Try fresh milk from local carabaos.
“Everyone is afraid of drinking milk from China. Our carabaos are tended by local farmers. You can drink all the milk you want without putting your children’s health in danger,” said Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr.
Perez said more farmers should get involved in local dairy production. It would increase the production of milk that is safe to drink and it could be an alternative source of income.
Milk from local carabaos is processed at the Eastern Pangasinan Dairy’s processing and production facility in Barangay Tulong here.
It is a project of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda), the Urdaneta City government, Budhi ng Pilipinas Foundation Inc., the Binalonan town government, the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) and farmers’ groups in four Pangasinan towns.
Milk brought to the Eastern Pangasinan Dairy is processed into pasteurized milk, milk chocolate, lacto-juice (fruit flavored milk), pastillas de leche (milk candy) and kesong puti (cottage cheese).
“We are re-energizing the carabao milk industry,” said Jovencio Ferrer, a Tesda Pangasinan official, noting that farmers and their families were being trained in the basics of production and processing.
Modesto Gabriel, a member of the Asingan cooperative, said there is money in dairy production.
“Even if a farmer produces only five liters of milk a day and sells it for P50 a liter, he could still earn P250 daily,” he said.
Link: newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20081005-164658/Afraid-of-Chinese-milk-Try-local-caraba
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Post by Arnold on Aug 7, 2012 10:08:57 GMT 8
Im a tourist in this area. I just want to know where i can buy fresh buko juice here. Thanks
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