The Department of Agriculture (DA) is ramping up efforts to expand the Philippines’ coffee industry, earmarking a substantial amount for a farm-to-market road network that would open up vast tracks of land in Sultan Kudarat. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said the planned infrastructure will improve access to remote agricultural areas, a long-standing constraint that has limited large-scale crop development in parts of Mindanao. …
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