{"id":59735,"date":"2015-08-23T21:54:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T13:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=59735"},"modified":"2025-01-08T20:47:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T01:47:20","slug":"foreign-investors-eye-maguindanao-town-for-coconut-banana-coffee-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/23\/foreign-investors-eye-maguindanao-town-for-coconut-banana-coffee-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign investors eye Maguindanao town for coconut, banana, coffee imports"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_59752\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59752\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shutterstock_245261662.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59752\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shutterstock_245261662.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shutterstock_245261662.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shutterstock_245261662-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MATANOG, Maguindanao \u2013 What used to be a barren lands is now the focus of foreign investors willing to pour in capital as dividends of Mindanao peace process, the local executive today said.<\/p>\n<p>Investors from Asia, Middle East and South America are bent to pour in millions of dollars \u201cbecause they found the rich soil of Matanog,\u201d town Mayor Mohammad \u201cKits\u201d Guro said.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor was referring to the village of Langkong, part of the more than 10,000 hectares idle lands used in the past as bailiwick of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLangkong\u201d is a Maguindanaon-Iranun term for fertile soil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA study was conducted and it found out that the quality of soil is exceptional,\u201d Guro told reporters. \u201cLangkong soil nutrients is high quality, so the people here now are excited and have been asking when the project will start,\u201d he said, adding that investment processing of documents is being fast tracked.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy periactin online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sip.sal.edu.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/periactin.html\">https:\/\/www.sip.sal.edu.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/periactin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Investors consider to acquire coconut, banana, pineapple and coffee from Matanog and nearby towns, Guro said, adding that he met with several investors while performing pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin the year, investments will come in and this quiet town will soon become agricultural economic zone of Maguindanao,\u201d the ever optimistic Guro said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy flagyl online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sip.sal.edu.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/flagyl.html\">https:\/\/www.sip.sal.edu.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/flagyl.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In fact, Guro stressed, a Malaysian investor is willing to import from Matanog, anytime, huge supply of whole coconut. \u201cIf we can supply coconut right now, the investor is ready,\u201d he boasted.<\/p>\n<p>But Guro said he is still coordinating with neighboring towns for additional coconut supply because Matanog could not fill in the Malaysian demand as of yet.<\/p>\n<p>He said investor concern was security and it has been addressed with the help of the Army\u2019s 603rd Infantry Brigade who mediated to settle family and Muslim clan wars.<\/p>\n<p>The 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