Philippine Food Processors and Exporters Organization, Inc. (PhilFoodEx) Board of Director Emmanuel Reyes shares his expertise on product packaging and labeling during the First Strawberry Techno Summit held at the Benguet State University (BSU) in La Trinidad, Benguet on April 22. The summit, themed “Unifying stakeholders towards a vibrant strawberry industry,” tackled the role of both government and private sectors in boosting the strawberry industry in Benguet. It is one of the activities of PCARRD’s TechnoMart Program in cooperation with the Provincial Local Government of Benguet, Municipal Local Government of La Trinidad, Department of Agriculture-Cordillera Administrative Region, Highland Agriculture and Resources Research and Development Consortium, and BSU.
Also in photo are (left to right) Leslie Dale Umayat from BSU Food Processing Center, Emmanuel Reyes, and PCARRD Applied Communications Assistant Director Cesar Frias. Listening to Mr. Reyes were local strawberry producers and processors. (Photo and text by Lara Monica D. Deveza, S&T Media Service)