There is no reason why the Philippines should not be the biggest producer of coconut products for export. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Ali Vicoy) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. made the statement during his speech at the 50th founding anniversary celebration of the...
Coconuts (Unsplash) The key to ensuring the proper implementation of Republic Act (RA) No.11524, otherwise known as the “Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act", is to keep the farmers' registry updated. House Committee on Agriculture and Food Chairman and Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido...
Coco pandesal is an alternative to the typical pandesal. Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture. Coco pandesal is being marketed as an alternative to the typical pandesal. The new pandesal was launched on June 29, 2022, amid a time when Filipino bakers are struggling with the increasing...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) and research centers of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) in Zamboanga and Albay have successfully produced ex-vitro plantlets of tall, dwarf and...
The Philippines targets to become the top exporter of coconut products to China, next to other ASEAN countries like Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia. The 2020 China Coconut Oil Import Source Countries Statistics as reported by the Embassy of the Philippines in Beijing, the Philippines...
Coconut seed farms will be established in all coconut-producing provinces in the country in a bid to boost local production, an Agriculture official said Tuesday, Aug. 31. Coconut Farmers in North Cotabato "Through the hybridization program, we will be establishing seed farms in all...
The Philippine Coconut Authority’s (PCA) Coconut Somatic Embryogenesis Technology (CSet) laboratories in the Bicol region have been upgraded and rehabilitated under a five-year project implemented by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of...
The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) is not yet finished drafting the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP), which will serve as the government's ultimate guide in the distribution of the P100-billion coco levy fund and assets. In the meantime, the agency launched the Coconut...
The Philippine coconut industry is urging the government to act on the long-delayed increase in the coco-biodiesel blend to 5 percent of all diesel sold at the pumps as this is crucial to helping farmers amid hard times wrought by the pandemic. The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) had assured...
The mass registration of coconut farmers who will benefit from the forthcoming release of the P100-billion coco levy fund will be a continuous process. And the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) must issue a formal clarification on this matter to ease the anxiety among farmers who are not yet part...
Less than two weeks before the deadline of mass registration of coconut farmers, the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), the lead agency tasked to implement the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act or Coco Levy Act, is now 41 percent complete in the validation of the National Coconut Farmers...
Farmers want representation in the Coco Levy’s Trust Fund Management Committee, which is the legally mandated committee tasked to decide on the disposition of the P100-billion worth of coco levy fund and assets. In a statement, the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) called on the Duterte...
