SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Oct. 24 -- A shared service facility (SSF) helped a farmers' cooperative in Antique to process their surplus vegetable products, generating more income.

"Since squash and other vegetables are abundant in our municipality, we decided to produce squash noodles and powder, veggie sticks, and malunggay powder," said Zenia Nacionales, manager of the Esparar Multi-Purpose Cooperative (MPC) in an interview on Friday.

Instead of leaving the vegetables to rot due to a lack of market, they thought of processing them into noodles, chips, and powder, she added.

They bought squash from their members for PHP10 to PHP15 per kilo, she said.

They sell their processed products during trade fairs and on an order basis.

With the ...