April 3, 2013

As part of its effort to strengthen the local dairy industry, the Philippine's National Dairy Authority (NDA) is putting up this year a milk processing plant and milk display centre in its Ubay stock farm in Bohol province.

The NDA recently signed a memorandum of agreement with the Philippine Carabao Centre (PCC) for the establishment of such facilities within the 635-hectare multiplier farm of dairy animals in Bohol.

The processing plant, which will cover 4,150 square meters, will comprise a pasteurisation area and a sterilisation line. It will process milk produced in the Ubay stock farm and adjacent farms which will, in turn, be sold within and outside of Bohol province.

To complement the processing plant is a milk display centre, for which a smaller area shall be allocated. This will serve as a market outlet for walk-in visitors and as exhibit centre for promotion of milk products.

The production capacity and the budget for the milk processing plant and the display centre are still being finalised.