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Article: Ex-solon picks Samar as pilot area for coco-jatropha project; Hiked income seen for coconut farmers in 3 Samar provinces.(Provincial News)
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- December 4, 2007
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Byline: JACK C. GADAINGAN
CATARMAN, Northern Samar -- Coconut farmers here, who are members of the Samar Island Coconut Planters Association (SICPA), are thankful to former Northern Samar congressman Wilmar P. Lucero (2nd district) for making Samar Island a pilot area in the coconut industry investment fund (CIIF) coco-jatropha program.
This program, launched on Nov. 14, 2007, is geared towards the development of bio-diesel fuel industry in Samar.
It calls for CIIF to finance the establishment of 10 integrated coconut-jatropha seedling production centers in the three provinces of Samar. It also involves the construction of a R128.4-million, ...