Tag: #coconut
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The untapped potential of coconut sap vinegar
Vinegar is an important part of Philippine cuisine. It is used as both an ingredient and a condiment. In her book “Tikim,” culinary historian Doreen Fernandez writes about the main flavors of Philippine cuisine, which are salty, sweet, bitter, and sour. A Filipino kitchen seems incomplete without a bottle of suka on the shelf. And yet few people stop to think where this pantry essential comes from.
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PCA starts mass registration of coconut farmers
The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) started the mass registration of coconut farmers to update the National Coconut Farmers Registry System (NCFRS), a concrete database of coconut farmers, ahead of the forthcoming release of the P100-billion coco levy fund.
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Philippine Coconut Authority encourages coconut farming to earn more
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) embarked on a replanting project of coconuts and be paid for it as its assistance to coconut farmers whose livelihood income from the tree had gone down the drain due to COVID-19 pandemic.
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VCO’s ‘very promising’ result could bring more development to industry, local producers say
DAVAO CITY – Virgin coconut oil producers are elated with the “very promising” result of the VCO trials on COVID-19 patients, saying that the development could bring more opportunities to coconut farmers.