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This was learned yesterday as NTA Administrator Mert Ellorin who said that the agency has just concluded a training on handmade paper production here involving farmer-leaders from four tobacco-based cooperatives from Pangasinan, Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur.


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Reports from NTA fieldmen indicate that trading centers in Candon, Ilocos Sur were buying Virginia tobacco at P69 per kilo, well above the declared floor prices for the various grades and types of tobacco.  


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The shift was triggered by the debacle that befell  Benguet farmers whose vegetable produce are being eased out of the market by cheap stocks that continue to stream into the country both legally and illegally from foreign countries like China.


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ADMINISTRATOR MERT ELLORIN

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Tobacco agency completes training on paper making

By Teddy Molina | March 7, 2004 - 12:00am

BATAC, Ilocos Norte – Officials of the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) are upbeat over the prospect of having tobacco farmers boost their income further after setting the stage for handmade paper making...

Agriculture

Tobacco prices up

By Teddy Molina | February 22, 2004 - 12:00am

The National Tobacco Administration (NTA) announced yesterday that the tobacco trading season formally started last Monday. NTA Administrator Mert Ellorin said the farmers are much better off now because prices are...

Agriculture

Vegetable farmers turn to tobacco

By Teddy Molina | January 25, 2004 - 12:00am

TUBA, Benguet–Don’t look now but the fertile slopes and valleys in this highland town that used to raise the famous Baguio vegetables are now devoted to tobacco farming. The shift was triggered by the...

Agriculture