Press Release - Villar: Coco Levy Act to benefit 3.5M Filipino farmers and spur the development of our coconut industry
Press Release March 1, 2021 Coco Levy Act to benefit 3.5M Filipino farmers and spur the development of our coconut industry President Rodrigo Duterte's 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 country's 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 are the poorest in the country. They earn only about P1,500 a month. This fund which rightfully be...