Eleanor “Nene” Constantino-Saguiguit began her farming venture at 28. Although she comes from a political family in Malungon, ...

SAN JACINTO, PANGASINAN, Philippines — Conrado Soriano ... Soriano’s Royal Cacao Farm and Training and Assessment Center had been certified as among the organic farms in the Ilocos region.

Record-high cocoa prices are weighing heavily on the chocolate industry which has been searching for strategies that would mitigate the impact of high production costs.  The previous year saw volatile ...

Four Cacao Farmers Association in the province were provided with Equipment to boost their production. As a farming-reliant province, the provincial government is continuously supporting all ...

ATI, are empowering Davao's cacao farmers with digital tools and training to improve farm management, productivity, and ...

He said that the farm employs a 50-50 ratio of biocharcoal and ... The Davao Region is the Philippines’ top producer of cacao, accounting for about 80% of the total production.

The City Agriculturist Office (CAgro) will distribute 50,000 cacao seedlings to local farmers this year. CAgro cacao focal person Fe Oguio said Monday that the seedlings, obtained from the Department ...

High-end chocolate from top-quality cocoa is a new Filipino specialty. Quality beans command good prices, changing the lives of poor rural farmers. Chocolate is made from the beans of cacao pods ...

The hinterland Benguet town of Bakun is brewing its way into becoming one of the country’s leading sources of high-grade ...

we are now able to see some changes in Philippine farming not just in cacao but also in other crops,” said farm owner Jacqueline Sy Go, as quoted by the DA.