Sunday, July 26, 2009

Bohol’s First Mango Processing Plant

An enterprising 50-year-old agricultural engineer has put up Bohol ’s first mango processing plant in his hometown of Tubigon. He is Cecilio “Dodie ” Itable, a Manila-bused engineering contractor, who had wanted to engage in farming and agribusiness not just for the money but also to break the hassles of doing business in the city.

In 2007, Dodie and his brothers and his sisters organized the Itable Agri-Industrial Corporation not only to engage in mango processing but also to develop a 45-hectare property near the processing plant into a mango plantation and agrotourism destination. He and wife Lorna own 85 percent of the corporation.

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