The pandemic has disrupted the marketing of the fruit to its regular clients, primarily Cebu and other neighbouring Visayan Islands, according to DSB Mayor Marxlen Laurence De la Cruz.
Thanks to the foreign and local power institutions that bonded to provide an alternative source of income aside from the fruits. The value added product comes from its leaves.
Barangay Bago is a recipient of a fiber processing facility that will turn pineapple leaves into a clothing raw material. Pina fiber commands a good price locally and is also a potential export product.
It is projected to give an income of 20% to the more than 127 pineapple farming households who are members of the Bago Integrated Solar Farmers Association (BISFA) as direct beneficiaries
The P3.5 million project components include a solar-powered decorticating machine, 4kw PV system and a building donated by the Team Energy Foundation Inc. (TEFI) co- implemented by the European Union- Access to Sustainable Energy Programme (ASEP), Department of Energy (DOE), Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) and the local government of unit of DSB.
