MANILA, Philippines - Coconut fiber and peat or dust could be turned into gold. Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said processing coconut fiber and peat into geo-textiles and organic fertilizer ...

The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) are undertaking this year a P30-million joint project that will involve the establishment of fiber processing zones in ...

Researchers in Texas are making car parts out of coconuts. A team at Baylor University has made trunk liners, floorboards and car-door interior covers using fibers from the outer husks of coconuts, ...

Export income from coconut-based products up 9% to US$ 665mn in 2020 CB identifies coconut exports among the five major contributory export commodities Coconut exports, mainly led by fiber and ...

In the early 90s, when the then dean of Bicol University’s College of Agriculture, Dr. Justino Arboleda, first heard of a report naming Bicol as the second poorest province in the Philippines, he was ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said he wants more coconut processing facilities in the country. At the ...