Brands like Barry Callebaut and Lindt embrace upcycled cacao fruit, reducing waste and boosting sustainability. Discover how ...

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

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 ...

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

Intercropping between coconut trees is widely promoted, but this can be either a blessing or a curse. This all depends on whether science is used. Unfortunately, this is sometimes sorely lacking in ...

The Philippine cacao industry has been growing but still remains underdeveloped. Some local chocolatiers are trying to change ...

Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco cited farm tourism's transformational potential for promoting rural development, guaranteeing food security, and maintaining the Philippines' rich cultural legacy.

The Philippines, a nation of resilience, faces challenges from poverty and inequality to environmental degradation and ...

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through its provincial office, has provided free farm tools to over 1,000 small-scale coffee farmers in the three towns of this province as part of the ...

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

However, some farmers from communities such as Agyempoma, Opong Valley, Akaase and Nkubem are concerned that the loss of their farms will lead to untimely deaths, as they rely heavily on cocoa farming ...

a household survey of cocoa smallholders was conducted in June and July 2022. The survey focused on questions relating to good agricultural practices on farms, on-farm income, production costs, and ...