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The Department of Agriculture and Davao City-based Avante Agri-Products Philippines Inc. have joined hands to ship two container loads of buko (young coconut) to Liberia, a humanitarian initiative that could open a new international market for the country’s top farm exports. The Philippines has shipped 32,000 pieces of fresh young coconuts to the African country […]
Thousands of volunteer citizens of San Pablo City in Laguna gathered recently to set a Guinness World Record for the largest number of people planting coconuts simultaneously in multiple venues. This was announced by Swapnil Dangarikar, Official Guinness Adjudicator, who travelled all the way from India to observe, verify, and certify the official world record […]
A groundbreaking ceremony for the P16M worth of shared processing facility (SPF) under the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP) was held in San Lorenzo, Guimaras recently. The SPFs to be established include the white copra and the refined, bleached, and deodorized oil (RBDO) processing centers. The SPFs to be established include the white […]
Senator Cynthia Villar underscored the need to invest in research and development (R&D) to hasten the growth and development of the agriculture sector. Villar, chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, stressed that agriculture growth is very important because majority or two-thirds of the population are directly and indirectly involved in agriculture. Personally […]