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The Indigenous people of Bukidnon have been growing coffee for a long time, but it wasn’t until 2017 that their efforts were recognized on a national scale. 

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Rice is one of the most common staples found in Filipino homes everywhere. It serves as a companion for every dish during every meal, and can even be made into desserts, snacks, coffee, and wine. 

With a vision to nurture the Filipino farmers, a group of young changemakers created a social enterprise known as The Amigo Coffee to advocate both homegrown coffee and Philippine heritage. 

Oftentimes, people would venture out into new horizons to find greener pastures. Others do it for the thrill of the unknown and to gain new experiences. But even though the world has a lot to offer, oftentimes there’s gravitational pull inside that brings us home no matter how far we go. 

Candelaria Gallardo Adanza, or Larrie for short, used to do office work in the United States for about 30 years. When she came home to Anahawan, Southern Leyte, her life took a turn as she found herself growing coffee instead of facing the paperwork that she was accustomed to. 

It took him a month to finish the coffee shop.

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CEBU CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA-7) is pushing to revitalize and revive the coffee industry in Central Visayas which has been declining through the years. DA-7 regional executive director Atty/ Salvador Diputado led the actual initial planting of 1,000 Robusta coffee plantlets at its Ubay Stock Farm in Ubay, Bohol. Report of the DA and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) stated that the country’s production volume of coffee is decreasing by 2.87 percent annually, and the production yield is decreasing by 2.23 percent annually, according to Diputado. DA-7 High Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP) Coordinator John Dennis Ranario bared that DA-7 is procuring planting materials of Robusta coffee to expand the coffee production in Central Visayas. Ranario added that in Central Visayas coffee production areas are in Bohol, Cebu, and Negros Oriental with Tuburan town in Cebu considered as the coffee basket in the region. Ranario said that under the HVCD program, DA-7 provides various trainings and planting materials to the identified farmers of the region to increase coffee production. Diputado explained that the coffee planting in Ubay Stock Farm is part of the high value crops field that the DA is establishing in parts of the stock farm to make idle lands productive.  “This activity is in accordacce with the Plant, Plant, Plant program of Agriculture Secretary William Dar,” Diputado added. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, Central Visayas has 1,047,765 coffee fruit bearing with 104MT production in 2015 that contributed 0.3 percent share of the total coffee production in the country.

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‘Some of our close friends asked if they could try it. We baked three tubs and they liked it. That’s when we decided to sell it online, pairing it with cold brew coffee.’

The Philippines is in what is called the coffee belt, areas of the planet where the soil and temperature are just right to cultivate a coffee plant.

No one could have guessed that a new coffee shop was among the Manila city government’s roster of projects.

BUTUAN CITY – The Regional Project Advisory Board (RPAB) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Caraga region approved two projects amounting to P23.5 million for the farmers and fisherfolks in the provinces of Agusan del Norte and Dinagat Islands.