“Manipod idi ada dayta nga as-asukar, uray awan iti sida, mamati kayo nga maysa daytoy tapno mangresolbar iti malnutrition ken kinapobre ditoy lugar tayo (Ever since sugar processing started [here in Licoy, we could eat plain rice with it] even without any viand. Thus, this initiative may help solve malnutrition and poverty in our community).”
Marcela Manalay of the Pastoral Mission of Paracelis Council (PMPC) highlighted the significant and potential impacts of muscovado production in Licoy, a remote Indigenous community in Poblacion, Paracelis, Mountain Province, Philippines, during the inauguration of the Inapinan Farmers Organization Incorporated (IFOI) Muscovado Processing Center on 2 May 2022.