More players directly dealing with the
farmers the better it is for the local tobacco farmers and the local tobacco
industry in general.
This is what the National Tobacco
Administration (NTA) Chief Edgardo Zaragoza’s sentiments as he welcomes the entry
of local cigarette manufacturer Mighty Corporation of Mighty Corp in the
tobacco manufacturing industry.
Zaragoza further added that Mighty
Corporation and through their company’s planned social outreach programs, would
definitely increase the assistance provided to local farmers and their beneficiaries.
“We hope this would encourage other
cigarette industry players to do the same.”
Zaragoza added.
Mighty Corporation has provided 90
diesel-fed water pumps and 16 power tillers to farmers in the provinces of
Abra, Ilocs Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Isabela and Cagyan.
These are the country’s top producers of
yellow leaf, the variety used for cigarettes.
Mighty Corp officials also promised that it
would buy 10 million kilograms of tobacco leaves, one fifth of the industry’s
total production.
Mighty Corp through its Wong Chu King
Foundation also provided 100 college scholarships to the children of tobacco
farmers.
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