CABARROGUIS, Quirino (PIA) - - To culminate the Quirino Integrated Rural Development (QIRD) Project, the provincial government and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) will hold the Quirino Livelihood for Everyone (Q-LiFE) product launching and marketing at The Podium Hall, ABD Avenue, Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on September 15, 2023.
With the theme, “Quirino Your basket of Happiness: Taste the Goodness of Quality Food in QLiFE,” the one-day event will showcase food products processed at the Q-LIFE such as Kimchi, Guyamansi Juice, Tomato Jam, Ginmeric Tea,Turmeric Tea, Ginger Tea, Butter cookies, Choco Cookies, Streusel, Butter Roll, Pullman bread, Classic loaf bread, Monggo Loaf, Ube Loaf,Nutribun, squash, Regensburg Sausage, Frankfurter Sausage, Bierschinken Ham, Jadgwurst Ham and Beef Jerky.
The province’s non-food products, unique biodiversity and cultural heritage will also be put to the spotlight.
The QIRDP, a joint project of the provincial government and the KOICA was conceptualized in 2017 to promote agroforestry-based integrated farming model, develop the livestock industry and ensure complete value chain formation through the Q-LIFE.
The Q-LIFE Processing Center shall provide support in the processing and marketing of the products produced by the farmers with the main goal of increasing the agricultural productivity and income of the farmer-beneficiaries by integrating the production processing and marketing into the agricultural value chain.
The partnership between Quirino and KOICA started in 2013 when the Korean government awarded 5 million US dollar-grant for the implementation of the Quirino Integrated Agricultural Development Project (QIADP) that aimed to reduce poverty incidence in the province while restoring its major watersheds in five barangays of Aglipay
