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Groups push coco levy distribution to farmers

July 23, 2019 admin centro saka inc., coco levy funds, coconut farmers, coconut industry, Headlines, Latest News Stories, Nation, omi roy

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 23:25:38 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — ’Farmers’ groups doubt whether President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposal to invest the P100-billion coconut levy fund in a trust fund could provide the money to those who need it the most—the small coconut farmers.

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‘Coconut farmers are grieving’

December 17, 2018 admin coconut farmers, coconut industry, copra prices, Latest News Stories, Nation

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:35:47 +0000

MAITUM, Sarangani — Violeta Cuaresma, who owns a 1.3-hectare land devoted to coconut production, lives next to a store that buys coconut products. It has closed because of low prices. Brando Paras, who maintains a 5-hectare coconut farm, stopped hiring workers to harvest nuts. He now just lets the nuts fall from the trees. Cuaresma […]

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