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Copra na this.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1938873/marcos-to-provide-funds-for-pcas-plan-to-plant-100-million-coconut-trees

Marcos to provide funds for PCA’s plan to plant 100 million coconut trees MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vowed to provide the necessary funding for the goal of Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) to plant 100 million coconut trees, according to

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Happy brithday sa maabtik ug kugihan nga CS-Agriculturist sa PCA Zamboanga del Norte Florecito Patino

Validation and benchmarking of hybrid coconut seedlings planted from CY 2018 to CY 2022 in Sibuco. These seedlings will be included in Precision Farming CY 2024, a component of the Coconut Hybridization Program. Under this project, the hybrid seedlings will be provided with MykoVAM inoculant, Ammonium Sulfate and Potassium Chloride.

Small Coconut Farmers Organization in Bacuyong, Piñan is provided with Composting Facilities for Biodegradable Wastes (CFBW).

As a medium to support sustainable agriculture, CFBW for the production of organic soil conditioner/compost were delivered at Bacuyong, Piñan and Sitog Katipunan. This project component of Coconut Fertilization Project consists 1 unit Biomass Shredding Machine and 1 unit Rotary Composter.

Bacuyong, Piñan and Sitog Katipunan were chosen to pilot the CFBW due to their signified intention for the project. These sites have also sufficient volume of raw materials or agricultural wastes for composting such as coconut peat, rice straw, animal manures and other biodegradable wastes; water; operational decorticating machine; and distant from landfills, dumpsites and flood-prone areas.

They are projected to produce 800 kg of organic fertilizer every 5 to 7 days.

The subject matters of the School on the Air for Coconut. For questions, you may comment through this post.

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SOA for coconut culminates on July 25, 2024.

Happy birthday to goal-driven and performance-oriented Agriculturist Rommel Algopera Buagas

Sikitan, Piñan just received their 10 units of twining machine. The coco fibers processed by coconut decorticating machine will be twined and coiled in hanks. The coconut husk which was widely regarded as farm waste is now a material for enterprising.

Just In: PCA Zamboanga del Norte, Federation of Coconut Farmers and Coconut Farmer Cooperatives meet at Wilmar Edible Oils Phils Inc.

On April 12, 2024, PCDM Bihildis Quezon arranged a forum with the largest coconut oil mill in the province and the coconut farmers organizations and cooperative to discuss the pressing issue on white copra. The farmer organizations present were Federation of Small Coconut Farmers in Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte Federation of Small Coconut Farmers represented by Engr Gerardo Eroy the Federation President, Sibutad Zamboanga del Norte Federation of Small Coconut Farmers represented by Carmelita Tubil, Matam Small Coconut Farmers Agri Cooperative, Polanco Coconut Farmers Marketing Cooperative represented by Manager Rogelio Baje, Sta. Cruz La Libertad Small Coconut Farmers MPC represented by Manager Neri Arañas, Sindangan FACOMA, Salug Farmers MPC (formerly Salug Small Coconut Farmers MPC), Venus Small Coconut Farmers Multipurpose Association, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) students from JRMSU Tampilisan, Renier Montemayor and Michael Gorgolon of Sustainable Livelihood Project-DSWD, Roger Laquihon of DTI and Agriculturists of PCA Zamboanga del Norte.

Engr Arnold Salaveria, the Factory Manager of Wilmar Edible Oil Phils in Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte disclosed that they are now accommodating white to light brown copra directly from coconut farmers. These coconut farmers can skip the queuing period as long as their copra are white to light-brown at millgate price.

Wilmar Edible Oil Phils in Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte further disclosed that the urgent requirement from European consumers are coconut oils with accaptable levels of MOSH-MOAH. MOSH-MOAH is defined as Mineral Oil Saturated Hydrocarbons and Mineral Oil Aromatic Hydrocarbons.

To produce white to light brown copra, Wilmar suggests to process the copra through sun-drying or indirect heat from dryers (landahan). The smoke that makes contact to copra during drying in landahan increases the exposure of copra to aromatic hydrocarbons and contributes the dark color to the copra.

Besides the fast accommodation of white to light brown copra suppliers, Wilmar provides drums and chimneys to cooperatives to modify the existing facilities (landahan) to attain the required copra quality.

The presence of DSWD-SLP and DTI fosters the acquisition of Kukum Hot Air Dryers to selected coconut farmer-cooperative proponents.

Initially, Salug Farmers MPC supplies white to brown copra to Wilmar at very good price.

Varieties of Coconut

Pan de Coco ako gusto paliton. Pan de Copra ang gihatag.

Ug dili nimo koprason imong lubi, tugkan na ug gabi.

Para mahuwasan sa kaigang, kailangan natin ng buko.

Just In: The members of the Bacuyong Small Coconut Farmers Organization in Piñan are currently undergoing Training on Free Range Chicken Production under Coconut at PCA Seedfarm, Piñan, ZDN.

Funded under the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan of RA 11524, Bacuyong SCFO being the proponent of the "Manukan sa Niyugan" undergoes Training on Free Range Chicken Production. Said training is being implemented by Agricultural Training Institute while the distribution of poultry will be implemented by Bureau of Animal Industry. The training will commence on April 4, 2024.

The community-based poultry enterprise under coconut is one of the thematic strategies of CFIDP under the Farm Improvement provision. It is being allocated with 10% of the budget along the intercropping component.

To combat the heat, frequent watering is being administered at coconut seedbeds. This is to avoid stress and eventual death of the seedlings.

The coconut fiber and coconut peat are being separated using the decorticating machine. A facility provided to SCFO proponents under the Community/Household Level Coconut Processing, a component of the KAANIB Enterprise Development Project way back in 2018.

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Coconut Hybrid Harvesting Festival in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay