POST-HARVEST FACILITY. Agriculture and fishery officials of the Bangsamoro Region in Muslim Mindanao break ground for a seaweed storage facility in Barangay Sarmiento, Parang, Maguindanao on Monday (Oct. 11, 2021). The PHP4.7-million seaweed support facility is expected to boost the production of seaweed in the province amid the pandemic. (Photo courtesy of MAFAR-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - Production of seaweeds in Maguindanao is expected to improve amid the pandemic with the groundbreaking for the site of a PHP4.7-million seaweed support facility in the province's coastal town of Parang. In an interview Tuesday, Director for Fisheries Services Macmod Mamalangcap of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MAFAR-BARMM) said the facility aims to enhance seaweed production in Maguindanao to cope with the increasing demand for seaweeds in both domestic and international markets. Algin or alginates from brown seaweed and ag