The DA-Philippine Carabao Center’s (DA-PCC) “Karbaw Magasin” bagged the 2022 Binhi Awards’ “Best Agrirelated Government Publication” during the awarding ceremony held on July 20 at the National Food Authority Building in Quezon City. May 2025 Bubalus karabun By Mary Antonette Andarza Bread is a simple food made in a complex process. It requires strength when kneading the dough, patience when waiting for it to proof, and attention when baking it in the oven. Like a good baker, Dedaci Nepomuceno knew she had to lead with strength,patience, and attention if she dreams of tasting a scrumptious success for their cooperative and its members. Bread is a simple food made in a complex process. It requires strength when kneading the dough, patience when waiting for it to proof, and attention when baking it in the oven. Like a good baker, Dedaci Nepomuceno knew she had to lead with strength,patience, and attention if she dreams of tasting a scrumptious success for their cooperative and its members. Pandan Multi-Purpose Cooperative (PMPC), a conduit co-op under the Carabao-based Business Improvement Network (CBIN) project and Karabun technology adopter, inaugurated its Dairy Products Processing Center – Bakery last June 30, 2023 in Talisay, Pandan, Antique. The PHP2-million worth facility is a grant from the DA-Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division. The said facility will produce bread and pastry products infused with buffalo’s milk. Dedaci Nepomuceno, manager of PMPC, expressed her gratitude to the stakeholders who were present during the inauguration. She cited that the convergence of the agencies like the DA, DAPCC, Department of Trade and Industry, and Department of Labor and Employment made it possible for the cooperative to expand its business, which has greatly benefitted its members.Nepomuceno also recalled the time when DA-PCC at WVSU Center Director Arn D. Granada presented the CBIN project to their cooperative in 2019: When chairperson Engr. Celso Tajanlangit and I were offered the project, we were a bit hesitant to accept it for fear that we could not carry out the responsibilities. But we still took courage and went ahead to take part in the project. Now, we are reaping the benefits of the said project. To date, PMPC has 113 carabaos, and we have engaged in the DepEd Milk Feeding Program and twice in DSWD’s Supplemental Feeding Program,” Nepomuceno said On behalf of the PMPC, Nepomuceno is grateful to the instrumentalities who brought the project to them, “Access to these projects is easier because of our accreditation to the civil society organization. We also credit the efforts of Senator Loren Legarda, Senator Cynthia Villar, and Senator Imee Marcos.” PMPC’s engagement in the previous milk feeding programs had supplied milk in the northern part of Antique, benefiting more than 7,000 school children. Their engagement with the Schools Division of Antique for the provision of Karabun in the province of Antique is still in the works, with the cooperative hoping to supply 13,000 buns on a weekly basis. To date, the cooperative operates its own Dairy Box from the CBIN project, producing pasteurized and flavored milk products, and also white cheese, pastillas, milkinfused buns, and muffins for the non-beverage products. Moreover, PCC had also facilitated their training for Karabun production, in which they will comply with several documents to be officially registered as one of the technology’s adopters. With all the support and interventions that it was able to receive, Pandan MPC can only hope for a future that is as golden as a perfectly baked Karabun.
Terms and Conditions Welcome to DA-PCC Knowledge Portal (K-Portal)! Thank you for visiting k-portal.pcc.gov.ph website. Subscription to the K-Portal is free. We don’t charge you to use or access this platform. Your privacy and security are very important to us. Please read the information below for your guidance. Data Policy To provide you with the services of our K-Portal, we must process information about you. We do not collect your personal information unless you choose to provide them. Rest assured that we do not share or sell your personal information but we do collect technical information about your visit to our website. When you visit k-portal.pcc.gov.ph website, our system automatically stores: Your personal information that you provided for subscription (email, password, name) Date and time of subscription Words or information you searched for The publications/ categories you viewed on our website The items you clicked on our website Your comments Items you downloaded from our website This process does not collect or track any of your personal information but makes our website more useful to visitors. Through such information, we learn about the number of visitors to our website, detect operational problems, and continuously improve the website’s overall functionality and security. Your comments will be visible to the public. Please make sure to not share information that you do not want made available to the public. We will not be responsible for how other visitors may use your information. Please be reminded that when you voluntarily submit information, it constitutes your voluntary consent to the use of the information you submit for the website’s improvement and maintenance. General Disclaimer and Copyright Notice All the contents uploaded to our website are considered public information, which can be used as reference and may be shared but we strictly request that our agency, DA-PCC, and our knowledge portal website including authors of knowledge products be cited as the source of any information, photos, and images copied from this site and that any photo credits or bylines be similarly credited to the photographer or author. The articles, publications pdf, AVPs, books, manuals and other materials owned by DA-PCC should be directly acquired from the knowledge portal and not through other sources that may change the information in some way or exclude material crucial to the understanding of that information. Disclaimer While we make every effort to provide accurate and complete information, some information may change between site updates. With a lot of articles and documents available and uploaded within short deadlines, we cannot guarantee that there will be no errors. We make no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of the contents of this website and expressly disclaim liability for errors and omissions in the contents of this website.
