Filipa Maldora, 51, was a mother struggling to make ends meet before she became an award-winning agripreneur. Like many women ...
SAN JACINTO, PANGASINAN, Philippines — Conrado Soriano ... beans and the first in the country to grow this variety organically. The farm’s cacao beans are processed at Cocoa Federico, a ...
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 ...
DAVAO CITY — A cacao farmer from this city is among the three selected to represent the Philippines in the prestigious Cacao of Excellence program next year in Paris, France, the Department of ...
Mayor Sara Duterte said Davao City has contributed significantly to the successful cacao production in the country. Last year, Davao City was able to produce 2,289 metric tons of cacao.