DA-10 joins planning for Bukidnon coffee Arabica roadmap

 

MALAYBALAY CITY, BUKIDNON —The Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 10 (DA-10), headed by Regional Executive Director Jose Apollo Y. Pacamalan, joins the conduct of a planning workshop for the Bukidnon Consortium of Coffee Cooperatives and Associations (BCCCA) on March 3 to 4, at Northern Mindanao Agricultural Crops and Livestock Research Complex, Dalwangan, here.

The activity aims to come up with a detailed implementation plan for the 500-hectare Arabica coffee planting target for 2025 and strengthen collaboration with key industry partners, with the BCCCA as the lead implementer of the Bukidnon coffee Arabica roadmap.

Through its High Value Crops Development Program, the DA-10 supports the coffee industry by funding capacitation activities and the implementation of various production and processing projects.

Also joining the activity are the Department of Trade and Industry -10, the Provincial Agriculture’s Office of Bukidnon, different coffee farmers’ cooperatives, associations (FCAs), and other DA-10 staff.# (CRS)