STRENGTHENING OF THE FRUIT WINE INDUSTRY IN KALINGA

Abstract

The emergence of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the province of Kalinga is greatly characterized by the processing of products that are already preset in the Kalinga communities such as wine processing from the available supply of fruits within the locality.  The wine processors are given support by the Local Government Units and the  Department of Trade and Industry by coordinating trade fairs where they can display and sell their products.  These activities encourages the wine processors to really go into the business. Although  wine  producers in the province of Kalinga concentrate on the production of bugnay wine  they also process other fruit wines using fruits in season such as pineapple, lemon ad wild cherries.