date:May 21, 2013
h the Vegetable Importers, Exporters and Vendors Association (VIEVA).
Together with other DA family officials, regional directors, the private sector and farmers groups, Secretary Alcala also led the ceremonial send-off of 166 MT of shallots (or small red onions locally known as lasona) bound for Indonesia.
Another batch of 80 MT aromatic and heirloom rice varieties are set for export in succeeding months, said DA assistant secretary and national rice programme coordinator Dante S. Delima.
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