Davao is known for two crops: durian and cacao. At Belviz Farms, both take center stage. Husband and wife Emmanuel “Nel”and Mary Grace “Eyeth” Belviz is tghe couple behind Belviza Farms and Rosario's Delicacies. (Belviz Farms) Belviz Farm is a family-owned farm in Calinan District, Davao...
High productivity, improved quality, and diversity are three things that Edwin Banquerigo of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) believes are key to harmonizing local cacao production and increasing farmers’ income. Identifying these three strategies is congruent with the...
TRADE and provincial government officials grace the opening of the Capiz Chocolate Factory in Panit-an, Capiz. (DTI-6) ILOILO CITY – A chocolate factory opened in Capiz Monday, June 20, to boost the cacao industry in Western Visayas or Region 6. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region 6...
Former ‘kaingineros’ rejuvenate cacao trees as new market emerges Hopes are running high for former “kaingineros” or slash-and-burn farmers in Valencia, Negros Oriental, who have shifted to planting cacao trees and are now rejuvenating them as they are reassured of a new market that has...
Filipino excellence and Italian heritage come together to champion sustainability in ‘Chocolate Harvest: Farm-to-Table Degustation’ Auro white chocolate cheesecake With its smooth texture, sweet taste, and powerful effect on the brain that makes us alert and happy, chocolate is among the...
Cacao is a high-value crop that can be made into various products, with chocolates, chocolate powder, and tablea being the most common ones. In the Philippines, the major producer of cacao is the Davao Region, producing 80.6 percent share of the country’s total cacao production in 2021. ...
Clark Development Corporation (CDC), a member of Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) Group, has trained cacao farmers from communities near the Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone as part of the agency's continuous corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs. In a statement,...
After several exchanges of their experiences on social media over the past few days, Louise Mabulo, the founder of the Cacao Project, shares an update regarding the controversy related to the Israeli vlogger, Nuseir Yassin or Nas Daily. It started after Mabulo called out the social media...
Beauty queen-turned-TV host-actress Kylie Verzosa has belied the allegation of controversial Palestinean-Israeli video blogger Nas Daily over the achievement of Cacao Project founder Louise Emmanuelle De Guzman Mabulo. Recall that following Nas' "Whang-Od Academy scam," Louise deemed the foreign...
“He said, she said.” That continues to be the theme of the controversy around social personality Nusier Yassin (Nas Daily) and Cacao Project founder Louise Mabulo . Louise Mabulo and Nas Daily In his latest video post, released on Aug. 9, 2021, Nas Daily explains his side, describing the...
There are a lot of misconceptions about agriculture, one of the most prevalent being the time it takes to go from seed to harvest. Many people base their expectations on garden herbs or leafy vegetables, which don’t take long until harvest, sometimes less than or a bit over a month, such as for...
Is Palestinean-Israeli video blogger Nas Daily now slowly becoming a pariah on social media? Note that last Aug. 4, before his issue with the 104-year-old Kalinga tattoo master and Dangal Haraya awardee Whang-od surfaced, he has 20.98 million followers. As of writing, he now only has 20.47 million....
