Wednesday, August 18, 2004
La Union town sets program to develop basi-making industry
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NAGUILIAN, La Union – The municipal government of Naguilian, this province has launched a program for the development and promotion of its decades-old basi making industry.
This came after the local sugarcane wine, which many Ilocanos say tastes milder than the Japanese Suntory, was found to have a potential market in the country and in several foreign places, such as Hawaii and foreign places, such as Hawaii and California, where Ilocanos now reside.
Mayor Reynaldo J. Flores, who ran for reelection unopposed in the May 10 elections, said the promotion of the "Naguilian basi" has received full support from Science and Technology Secretary Estrella Alabastro who recently came to this sugarcane-producing town to donate basi module equipment to the municipal government.
Flores described basi as the result of fermenting a mixture of juice extracted from selected sugar cane using a crusher called "dadapilan" and "bubod," a specially formulated yeast; bark of "duhat" tree to enhance the wine’s reddish color, and young guava leaves.
Basi is fermented in a "burnay" (a large earthen jar) placed in a shaded area for a minimum of three months, Flores said, adding that the longer the fermentation period the smoother is the taste and the higher is the grade of the wine produced.
Flores said a project proposal recently completed by municipal planning and development coordinator Marivic Rimando and municipal agrarian reform officer Daniel Dumaguing called for at least six barangays to be covered by the LGU-initiated basi-making project.
These are barangays Gusing Norte, Gusing Sur, Mamating Norte, Mamating Sur, Tudingan and Casilangan. Flores said the municipal government has identified hundreds of hectares of mountain sides and hillsides suitable for sugarcane planting.
As programmed, Flores said, the farmers in the identified villages, who gave organized themselves into a cooperative, will be extended production loans in the form of sugar cane cuttings, fertilizers and other farm inputs.
He said bottling, labeling and packaging will be funded by the municipal government in coordination with San Miguel Corp. which will supply the bottles.
Flores said the Naguilian United Green Valley Cooperative Inc., a federation of cooperatives in the town, will serve as the municipality’s basi-marketing arm.
Tony Pe Rimando, 30 May, 2004, Manila Bulletin
This came after the local sugarcane wine, which many Ilocanos say tastes milder than the Japanese Suntory, was found to have a potential market in the country and in several foreign places, such as Hawaii and foreign places, such as Hawaii and California, where Ilocanos now reside.
Mayor Reynaldo J. Flores, who ran for reelection unopposed in the May 10 elections, said the promotion of the "Naguilian basi" has received full support from Science and Technology Secretary Estrella Alabastro who recently came to this sugarcane-producing town to donate basi module equipment to the municipal government.
Flores described basi as the result of fermenting a mixture of juice extracted from selected sugar cane using a crusher called "dadapilan" and "bubod," a specially formulated yeast; bark of "duhat" tree to enhance the wine’s reddish color, and young guava leaves.
Basi is fermented in a "burnay" (a large earthen jar) placed in a shaded area for a minimum of three months, Flores said, adding that the longer the fermentation period the smoother is the taste and the higher is the grade of the wine produced.
Flores said a project proposal recently completed by municipal planning and development coordinator Marivic Rimando and municipal agrarian reform officer Daniel Dumaguing called for at least six barangays to be covered by the LGU-initiated basi-making project.
These are barangays Gusing Norte, Gusing Sur, Mamating Norte, Mamating Sur, Tudingan and Casilangan. Flores said the municipal government has identified hundreds of hectares of mountain sides and hillsides suitable for sugarcane planting.
As programmed, Flores said, the farmers in the identified villages, who gave organized themselves into a cooperative, will be extended production loans in the form of sugar cane cuttings, fertilizers and other farm inputs.
He said bottling, labeling and packaging will be funded by the municipal government in coordination with San Miguel Corp. which will supply the bottles.
Flores said the Naguilian United Green Valley Cooperative Inc., a federation of cooperatives in the town, will serve as the municipality’s basi-marketing arm.
Tony Pe Rimando, 30 May, 2004, Manila Bulletin
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