Farm mechanization technologies at Agrilink
THE Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) will showcase its latest technologies in the upcoming Agrilink 2018, an annual event anticipated by both farmers and those involved in agribusiness.
PHilMech will be the primary exhibitor in Agrilink 2018, being the lead agency for Philippine agricultural modernization. Agrilink 2018 will be staged at the World Trade Center in Pasay City from October 4 to 6.
“PHilMech strongly supports the annual Agrilinknot only to showcase the technologies it developed but also as a venue to make the public aware on the need to modernize the country’s agriculture sector and create more agribusiness enterprises,” PHilMech Executive Director Baldwin Jallorina, PhD said.
Among the technologies PHilMech will exhibit during this year’s Agrilink are Impeller Rice Mill, Fluidized Bed Dryer, Probe Moisture Meter, Ten- Row Onion Seeder and the High Temperature Storage for Onion. Sample products produced by enterprises that adopted PHilMech- developed technologies and protocols will also be exhibited at PHilMech’s exhibit area.
The agency will also spearhead the hosting of various seminars/ workshops to familiarize participants with the various technologies it has developed and is currently developing.
Jallorina said PHilMech’s current policy is to promote local technologies and farm equipment produced domestically, since this can help create more jobs espe-
cially in the countryside.
“We at PHilMech strongly support the development of the local farm machinery industry, because they will be the partners of PHilMech in commercializing the agency’s farm mechanization and post-harvest technologies,” Jallorina said.
“And as the local farm machinery industry improves the quality and quantity of its output, more and more people in the countryside can be provided employment in the firms that manufacture farm equipment and enterprises that provide after- sales for such machines,”
he added.
Jallorina said Agrilink would also bring together agribusiness companies and agriculture research institutions, underscoring PHilMech’s advocacy of forming partnerships and collaborations for the modernization of the country’s agriculture sector.