CLARK FREEPORT -- Livestock grazing is a promising potential business enterprise at the mountainous regions of the province along the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx).

This is according to officials of the Pampanga Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PamCham) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

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In an interview with Sun.Star Wednesday, PamCham president Renato Romero said he will call on business investors to study the possibility of investing on livestock grazing along the mountain regions of Mabalacat, Porac, and Floridablanca towns.

“There is so much grassland in the said areas based from our initial survey. Livestock grazing is a promising enterprise in that area, an enterprise that has not been given enough attention by the government. The opportunity of starting business there has been opened by SCTEx,” he said.

Romero and Leonila Baluyut, DTI provincial caretaker for Pampanga, both agree that livestock grazing pilot projects are feasible in the said areas.

Baluyut said the government spends billions of pesos each year to import milk and other dairy products that come from livestock grassers abroad.

“With our own livestock grazing industry, we could have our own industries in milk production, cheese, among others, and the possibilities are limitless,” Romero said. He added that cows and even native carabaos can also be used to start livestock grazing in the area.

“We are urging the Provincial Government to help the business sector in encouraging such enterprise by providing incentives and government support for investors who are willing to try livestock grazing here,” he said. (IOF)