Baguio City—At least five government agencies vowed to collaborate in the implementation of the Philippine Coffee Roadmap.
Meeting at the 3rd Philippine Coffee Conference held at Hotel Supreme here on Tuesday, the agencies—the Department of Agriculture, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Agrarian Reform, Department of Trade and Industry, and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority—agreed on a common focus to boost the country’s coffee industry.
In her message, Senator Cynthia Villar, Committee on Agriculture Chairperson, urged farmers to adopt “inter-cropping coffee with coconut, establish coffee nurseries, and put-up farm schools supported by TESDA and the Agricultural Training Institute of the DA, to have a better income stream and to get out of poverty.”