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Gov’t urged to help coconut growers diversify amid copra price plunge

May 19th, 2012 | Comments Off on Gov’t urged to help coconut growers diversify amid copra price plunge »

With copra prices plummeting, a former senator has urged government to help coconut farmers diversify and build viable cooperatives. “Diversification is key to the economic survival of small growers facing severe hardship, with the farm-gate price of copra now down to as low as P15 per kilo from P40 a year ago,” said former Sen. […]