BROAD INITIATIVES

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                    [Title] => Negros farmers start exporting organic rice to Switzerland
                    [Summary] => BACOLOD CITY — A cargo vessel loaded with 10 tons of organic rice left Bredco Port here  for Switzerland.


It was the initial shipment of organic rice stocks produced locally by farm communities in eight towns and cities in Negros Occidental, which are being assisted by the Broad Initiatives for Negros Development Inc. (BIND).


The rice exports were produced in organic farms being cultivated by 5,000 BIND-assisted farmers in Calatrava, Don Salvador Benedicto, Murcia, Pontevedra, San Enrique, La Castellana, Bago and La Carlota, Negros Occidental.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-06-12 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] =>  Antonieta Lopez
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Negros farmers start exporting organic rice to Switzerland

By Antonieta Lopez | June 12, 2004 - 12:00am

BACOLOD CITY — A cargo vessel loaded with 10 tons of organic rice left Bredco Port here for Switzerland. It was the initial shipment of organic rice stocks produced locally by farm communities in eight towns...

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