Stories

Linking Farmers to Local and Global Markets

March 27, 2016 / by PEF Communications / Stories

The demand for healthy food continues to rise globally. Products like organic rice, muscovado (raw sugar from a simple evaporation of sugarcane juice) and coconut sap sugar fill the fitness bill of health-conscious consumers. In the Philippines, 30 farmers’ associations were being supported by the Philippine Development Assistance Program (PDAP), an NGO that pioneered in […]

The Negros Block Farming Project: Building ‘bigger’ farms in Negros Occidental

March 16, 2016 / by PEF Communications / Stories, Sugar Cane

Travellers across the province of Negros Occidental see hectares upon hectares of land planted to sugarcane. After all, the province is the Philippines’ top sugar producer, contributing more than half of the country’s total sugarcane production. The industry is dominated by large-scale and commercial producers. But small producers are trying out new schemes to survive […]

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