A sprawling food terminal complex, equipped with cold storage, will soon open in the Toril area. It will serve as the Davao City’s official wholesale trading facility for all fruits and vegetables. The Davao Food Terminal Complex (DFTC), a P70 million project funded by the Department of Agriculture (DA) in the region, will finally start operations on October 18 in Barangay Daliao.
According to City Agriculturist Edgardo Haspe, the new facility, located about a kilometer away from the Davao Fishport, would also showcase a cold storage facility with eight refrigeration units to ensure that the farmers’ harvests remain fresh for a long time, although he said, only four of the eight units would be running during the opening.
The wholesale facility, which sits within some five-hectare area of land, is big enough to accommodate a large bulk of farm goods from the city’s vegetable and fruit-producing areas and those coming from neighboring regions, he said.
The facility will serve as the arrival area for all fruits and vegetables from neighboring regions, although farmers within the city will still be allowed to unload their produce in the public markets of Agdao, Bankerohan, Buhangin, Piapi, Matina Crossing, Calinan, Toril, Sasa, and Tibungco within a year.
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Source: newsinfo.inquirer.net
