Philippine Coconut Authority sets sights on boosting coco production to cut imports
Manila is implementing a program that aims to boost the productivity of the local coconut sector to reduce the Philippines’s copra imports.
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Manila is implementing a program that aims to boost the productivity of the local coconut sector to reduce the Philippines’s copra imports.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. is eyeing to boost the country’s coconut exports by accelerating the modernization efforts of the coconut industry.
THE House of Representatives is eyeing to approve before the year ends the Duterte administration’s priority measure creating the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund (CITF), a lawmaker said on Wednesday.
Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Secretary Emmanuel Piñol renewed an appeal to President Duterte to lift the Marcos-era ban on export of mature coconuts and issue a special permit for Mindanao exporters.
IN a series of events that unfolded in the past few weeks, three of the agriculture-related agencies under the Office of the Cabinet Secretary (OCS) have been put on the spotlight amid a flurry of corruption allegations and accusations of defiance of authority.
TACLOBAN CITY—Global copra price has decreased steadily in the past two months, raising concerns that downward trading value may lose farmers’ interest to seriously cultivate coconut in Eastern Visayas region.
The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) on Thursday said it is confident that the P75-billion coconut-levy fund would be released within the first quarter of the year.
A stumbling block to the immediate release of the P75-billion coconut levy fund, which can be used to bankroll programs to help farmers, will soon be removed, according to the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA).
The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) said it is mulling over the implementation of a moratorium on the cutting of coconut trees to stop illegal logging in the country.
The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) urged lawmakers on Monday to release at least P4 billion worth of interest from the P75-billion coconut-levy fund by the end of the year.
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