From Fiber to Business: Women Abaca Farmers of Catanduanes
In Virac and Bato, Catanduanes, women abaca farmers are taking the fiber from farm to market. Once sellers of raw abaca, they now grade the fiber, process it into value-added products, and run their own enterprises.
Through the Women Economic Empowerment project, implemented by CARE Philippines with support from the Tijori Foundation, women farmers trained at Farmer Field Business Schools in fiber grading, processing, product design, and business management.
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They’re also leading Bantay Abaca, an advocacy to protect the province’s abaca industry from pests and diseases and to push for more support for Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), so abaca production can withstand a changing climate.
CARE invests in women because when women thrive, their families and communities thrive too.
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