BACOLOD CITY—The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is urging coffee producers and processors in Negros Occidental to capitalize on branding to strongly position the product in the market. Read more: Negros Occidental coffee producers urged to capitalize on branding
Joycedel Macias looks at cacao as the beans of change that transformed her life from an idle housewife to a budding entrepreneur. Read more: Cacao a ‘well of blessings’ for Davao del Norte farmers
VIRGIN coconut oil posted total exports of $9 million or about P420 million in March, keeping its position as the Philippines’ top-earning non-traditional, coconut-based export. Read more: VCO still PH’s top non-traditional coco export
MANILA, Philippines – The country’s coconut oil exports fell 32 percent in the first four months of the year following the tightness in raw material supply due to the dry spell. Read more: Coco oil exports down
FILIPINO exporters could see better earnings this year by peddling more coconut products and traditional condiments, like adobo sauces, according to the Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (Philexport). Read more: Coconut-based products, adobo sauces among top food trends in 2017–Philexport
DAVAO CITY—Stakeholders in the coconut industry in Mindanao and the whole country will converge for a two-day summit slated on July 27 and 28 at the SMX Convention Center in SM Lanang, Davao City. Read more: Value adding in coconut products sought
The sugarcane industry is huge in the Philippines, with many other industries heavily dependent on sugar, such as the energy and fuel sectors, including bioethanol. Read more: Genomics used to develop new, better sugarcane varieties
The country’s coconut production in 2016 likely settled at 12.59 million metric tons (MMT), 15 percent lower than the 14.81 MMT produced in 2015, according to the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA). Read more: ‘Coconut output in 2016 likely declined by 15%’
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said it welcomes a new law promoting the creation of green jobs as it will benefit businesses through tax incentives. Read more: ‘Green jobs law to benefit firms’