MANILA, Philippines — Given our limited land, resources, and low farmer incomes, we must immediately implement intercropping as a key national agriculture strategy. Structure and budget must follow ...

Nothing less than a systematic competently formulated national road map will make the imperative of intercropping between coconut trees come true. Coconut area is the largest agriculture area with the ...

According to Coalition for Agriculture Modernization in the Philippines chair, Emil Javier, only 30 percent of the 3.2 million coconut hectares are intercropped. If we allow 10 percent for spacing ...

Unless intercropping is implemented in our coconut farms, our coconut farmers will remain the poorest sector in our economy. We currently have 2.5 million coconut farmers tilling 3.6 million hectares.

GUINAYANGAN, Philippines – Rizal and Renida Marjes’ backyard reminded me of a wild version of the vegetable and fruit stalls in my neighborhood grocery. Like those well-lit stalls, produce was ...

MANILA, Philippines — The government should prioritize intercropping coffee with coconut in at least 144,000 hectares of land in the CALABARZON region to achieve sufficiency in coffee under its ...

IN a bid to boost output and diversify income, coconut growers in the town of San Luis, Aurora province, are set to benefit from a new initiative pushing cacao-coconut intercropping. The Philippine ...

CALAUAN, Laguna—Calauan Mayor Buenafrido T. Berris has urged coconut farmers in this basically agricultural town to employ agricultural intercropping it as they are still reeling from the damage ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) on Saturday said it has allocated some P107.94 million ...

On the way towards Marudhanidhi dam, after crossing Ayyampalayam, the road dips, climbs and dips again as houses disappear and tall, slim coconut trees begin to flank the twisting stretch. This region ...