VIRAC, Catanduanes (PIA) – Abaca farmers are encouraged to make good use of the machinery that the government has provided to boost and sustain the production of the province’s Manila hemp for the ...

An improved mobile spindle stripping machine for the extraction of abaca fiber has been developed by government researchers. The machine was crafted by agricultural engineers of the Department of ...

This file photo shows men weaving abaca by hand in a shop at a village in Santa Fe, Nueva Vizcaya. In its blueprint for the abaca industry, the Philippine Fiber Development Authority expects the ...