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To revitalize the Philippine coconut industry and increase farmers’ incomes and drive economic development, the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Confederation of Coconut Farmer’s Organizations of the Philippines (CCFOP-CONFED) and the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM) recently at the PCA Auditorium in Quezon City. The MoU signed between […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has delivered two infrastructure projects in the Province of Aurora to support its coconut industry. In his report to DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan and Undersecretary for Regional Operations in Central Luzon Roberto Bernardo, DPWH Regional Office 3 Director Roseller Tolentino said that coconut plantations in Aurora are benefitting […]
Senator Cynthia Villar called on everybody to work together to achieve our goal of improving the lives of coconut farmers and the coconut industry. Villar, Chairperson of the Senate agriculture and food committee, was the guest speaker during the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP) Planning Workshop held at ATI […]
“The crafting and implementation of the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act (RA 11524) is a gamechanger that would catalyze the modernization and industrialization of the coconut sector, and increase the productivity and incomes of millions of marginal coconut farmers and their families,” said Agriculture Secretary William Dar. Signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on […]
Agriculture Secretary William Dar welcomes the signing by President Rodrigo Duterte of Republic Act No. 11524, or the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act (CFITF), saying the law will pave way for the efficient use of the multi-billion-peso coconut levy to uplift the livelihood of millions of farmers and sustain the development of the […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) welcomes and fully supports the proposed legislation of both the Senate and House of Representatives (HOR), creating a coconut industry trust fund from the proceeds of the coconut levy. “Once the respective bills are reconciled and signed into law by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, this decades-long awaited legislative measure will […]
To aid the coconut industry of Leyte and encourage a more productive sector, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has started to distribute coconut planting materials and financial assistance to coconut farmers of the province. Twenty local farmers, who are part of the Participatory Coconut Planting Project, received checks worth P3,000 each from the Philippine Coconut […]