Article: Philippines' coffee production to be rehabilitated. (government policies, under the International Coffee Organization Certifying Agency under the Department of Trade and Industry, encouraging practices to rejuvenate industry)

The Philippine sagging coffee industry is expected to be rejuvenated with the implementation of 11 new projects, costing a total of 38 million Philippine pesos (PP38 million), or US $1.46 million, within a period of five years.

The projects cover six major researches to be undertaken by the state-run University of the Philippines at Los Banos (UPLB), in Laguna province, southeast of Manila. Programs on information, export promotion, training in marketing, surveys in patterns of domestic consumption, and the preparation of the 10-year coffee industry development plan will be covered.

These projects were announced last May by executive director Antonio ...

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