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FARM SCHOOL. Farmers in Apayao visit a banana plantation in Flora town on Wednesday (Sept. 14, 2022) as part of requirements for their enrolment in the School-on-the-Air's banana program of the Department of Agriculture-Cordillera. Marfel Joseph Fontanilla, subject matter expert during the farm visit, showed the proper way of enhancing the plants through natural fertilizers and producing clean planting materials to attain quality and yield. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot) CONNER, Apayao - The D...

Published March 1, 2021, 11:43 AM Boosting the local coconut industry and helping Filipino coconut farmers are the main goals of the Coco Levy Act. The Coconut Levy Act that President Duterte recently signed, and which seeks to create a trust fund for coconut farmers through the sale of assets procured through the coco levy fund, would benefit the country’s 3.5 million coconut farmers from 68 coconut producing provinces, who have owned no more than five hectares for the last 10 years, said S...

Press Release March 1, 2021 Coco Levy Act to benefit 3.5M Filipino farmers and spur the development of our coconut industry President Rodrigo Dutertes signing into law of a measure that seeks to create a trust fund for coconut farmers through the selling of assets procured through the coco levy fund would benefit the countrys 3.5 million coconut farmers from 68 coconut producing provinces owning not more than five hectares, for the last 10 years said Sen. Cynthia A. Villar "The coconut farmers ...