Challenges of the Calamansi Industry in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines: Pests and Diseases Management

Macario B. Masagca

No 6zwhb, OSF Preprints from Center for Open Science

Abstract: This policy brief is based on a study supported by the World Bank through the Department of Agriculture’s Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP). The study entitled “Study on Pest and Diseases of Calamansi: Paving Ways for the Sustainability of Calamansi in Oriental Mindoro” is a one-year project that aims to help accelerate the institutionalization of mechanism that will sustain the production of disease-free calamansi products in Oriental Mindoro and to help advance the province’s reputation in the national calamansi market as prime producer and supplier of this product. Relevant activities in this study include field surveys, farmers' interviews, software development, greenhouse and scion grove establishment, and pest clinic via the web forum. This policy brief focuses on the (1) status of calamansi pests and diseases infestation in Oriental Mindoro; (2) the capacity of the farmers to address the calamansi pests and diseases problem; and (3) policy recommendations to address the calamansi pests and diseases problem and protect the calamansi industry of Oriental Mindoro.

Date: 2023-07-20
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