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PHL’s 1st industrial corn complex seen curbing post-harvest losses
Business World Philippines
|December 08, 2025
ANEWLY opened industrial corn facility in Ilagan City, Isabela is expected to strengthen the province’s role in the corn value chain and help farmers minimize post-harvest losses, especially during the wet season, according to the city agriculture office.
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The Industrial Corn (I-Corn) Complex, which became operational last month, provides drying and post-harvest services to about 17,000 maize growers in Ilagan City.
According to the City Agriculture Office, the complex is the first public facility of its kind in the country. It was built in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the city government, which provided the five-hectare site and land development services.
The I-Corn Complex forms part of a P250-million DA project, with its first phase, worth P107 million, now operating eight dryers with a total capacity of 120 metric tons (MT) a day.
This story is from the December 08, 2025 edition of Business World Philippines.
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