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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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