CABARROGUIS, Quirino (PIA) - - The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the provincial government of Quirino reorganized the Provincial Coffee and Cacao Industry Council in a meeting at the Q-Life Conference Room, Capitol Hills, this province, recently.

The officers under the government sector include; Chairperson-Governor Dakila Carlo E. Cua; Co-Chairperson- Vice Governor Julius Caesar Vaquilar; and Secretariat- Department of Trade and Industry –Quirino, Provincial Agriculture Office and Q-Life Upland Ecosystem Program.

For the private sector, Helmar Cielo was elected president and Dominador Ramos as vice president.           

The Advisory Board is composed of Department of Agriculture-RF02-Quirino Experiment Station, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Labor and Employment, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Quirino State University and Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Quirino.

Furthermore, Magsaysay United Upland Farmers Developers Association of Diffun, Lupog Farm/Teresita’s Food Products of Cabarroguis and Aglipay Cacao Farmers Association were elected as representatives of the Growers and Farmers sectors.

The elected representatives of Processor and Trader sector were Mataga-ay Coffee Growers Producers Cooperative of Maddela and Magsaysay United Upland Farmers Developers Association of Diffun.