Camille Villar falls in love with exceptional taste of PH mangoes in San Carlos, Pangasinan

Nacionalista Party’s senatorial candidate, Camille Villar on Wednesday underscored the need to support the country’s mango farming industry during her visit in San Carlos, Pangasinan.

She cited the Philippines’ competitiveness in mango production globally.

Villar also thanked San Carlos City Mayor Julier “Ayo” Resuello and board member Vici Ventanilla (3rd district, Pangasinan) and the rest of the people of San Carlos for inviting her to join the Mango-Bamboo Festival held along Rizal Avenue, San Carlos City.

Citing her cravings for Philippine mangoes, Camille Villar noted that mangoes is second most consumed product in the world at 28 percent, next to bananas (29.4 percent). The Philippines ranked number 10 in terms of mango production around the world.

“Ang mangga po ang ‘second largest most used fruit in the world’ kaya’t nakaka-proud po na itoang isinusulong na industriya ninyo dito sa San Carlos,” she said in a brief speech after tasting various mango fruits and delicacies in the city.

“Nasisiguro po natin na bukod sa makakapagbigay sa ating ng pagkain ay tiyak po na ito rin ay bubuhay at magpapaangat ng buhay ng ating mga kababayan,” Villar added.

With mango categorized in the world as one of the mostly grown tropical fruit, Camille Villar also lauded the city government led by Mayor Resuello for prioritizing the cultivation of mango for commercial fruit productuon.

Camille Villar said she has learned from her parents, former Senate President Manny Villar and Senate Agriculture committee chairperson Cynthia Villar, the need to boost agriculture outputs to improve farm production in the country.

She also learned from Senator Cynthia Villar that the Philippines ranks 10th in mango production around the world.

“Bukod po diyan ay ibang klase ang tamis ng ating Philippine mangoes, at meron pa nga po tayong tinatawag na ating carabao mangoes kaya’t dahil nga po diyan ay todo-suporta po (tayo) sa paggawa ng polisiya na magpapataasng ani at kalidad ng mangga sapamamagitan ng pagsuporta sa ‘High Value Crops Development’ program ng Department of Agriculture,” Villar added.

As such, Camille Villar said she supports efforts to improve further the mango industry in terms of enhancing orchard management and enhancing fruit processing through technology advancement.

She referred also to the need to boost the country’s mango fruit processing technology that involves various techniques to preserve and enhance the quality of mangoes, making them available for consumption throughout the year.

“Kitang-kita po natin na napakalaki ng potensyal ng industriyang ito at marami pa po tayong pwedeng gawin, marami pa po tayong magagawa para magtuloy-tuloy ang pag-improve ng industriya ng mangga lalo na dito sa San Carlos para po magkaroon ng karagdagang kaalaman sa produksyon, sa orchard management, maaring sa technology ng processing para lalo pa pong tumaas ang yield at production ng ating mga mango producers,” she said.