Status of coconut-based farming systems of PCA Region 7 [Philippine Coconut Authority, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines]
1994
Otamias, R.G. (Philippine Coconut Authority - Region 7, Cagayan de Oro (Philippines))
About 0.6 million hectares in northern Mindanao and part of southern Mindanao [Philippines] which comprised PCA [Philippine Coconut Authority] Region 8 were planted to coconut. Almost 20 percent of the coconut areas was located in the Misamis Oriental, although the highest number of coconut farmers and farms are found in Surigao del Norte. The region had enough facilities for marketing, storage, and processing of agricultural products as well as credit assistance to the farmers. Common intercrops in northern Mindanao included corn, banana, coffee, cacao and lanzones. In some crops like sugarcane, tobacco, and cassava, application of production inputs resulted in higher income. Some farmers raised hog, cattle, and goat. Farmers formed organizations and cooperatives which served as channels to different PCA programs. Both PCA fieldmen and farmers were continuously trained to improve knowledge and skills on coconut agrotechnology. In some areas, lack of farm-to-market roads and low soil fertility were problems besetting farmers. In most farms, high cost of production inputs and implementation of CARP [Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program] had deterred some prospective investors to pursue agribusiness venture. Thus, policy makers should give utmost importance to technologies that could improve the plight of coconut farmers and the whole coconut industry
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