The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pushing for the development of Vuhos island—one the 10 islands and islets that make up Batanes—as a possible source of the country’s first-ever organic beef tapa export.

During his visit to the island, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said that the export of organic tapa from Batanes will help firm up strategies aimed at enhancing the food security of the islands, which is often battered by typhoons and is isolated from mainland Luzon.

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