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Bukidnon Food Hub Project (November 26, 2025)

Author: DA Press Office | 26 November 2025
MANOLO FORTICH, Bukidnon — Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. and Bukidnon Gov. Rogelio Neil Roque on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Agreement for the development of the Bukidnon Food Hub (BFH) in Manolo Fortich, the municipality named after the province’s first governor.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the provincial government of Bukidnon have sealed a P1.97-billion partnership to build a sprawling food hub—an anchor project in the national campaign to modernize agri-logistics and strengthen the value chain in Northern Mindanao.

Planned for phased development over the next three years on a 41-hectare site, the BFH is designed to strengthen market linkages, scale up agribusiness ventures, expand farmers’ access to credit, and raise overall productivity. It is expected to reduce intermediary layers, give farmers direct access to customers or end buyers, and improve supply-chain efficiency. The facility will consolidate high-value crops and other key commodities from major producing towns and move them through fast, reliable connections to nearby ports and airport facilities.

The plan is to transform the former multibillion-peso tobacco processing facility into a scaled food-processing and innovation hub, backed by an initial P500-million DA investment for a corn silo system, embryo culture for coconut, cold-storage facilities, and value-adding centers for high-value crops, including a potato-processing line for the region. ### (By DA – OSEC Comms)