Growers upbeat, vendors glum over durian
As Davao launches the Kadayawan Durian Festival from August 10 to 25, durian vendors like Tate at the Magsaysay Park struggle to keep his small business afloat.
WHILE THEY WERE WAITING. Coconut and banana vendors take a rest while they wait for customers in Pantukan town, Compostela Valley. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
Losing my re(li)gion: Agri-exporters pessimistic with ASEAN regional integration
By TYRONE A. VELEZ Davao Today Davao City - Businessmen attending the 1st Mindanao Exporters Congress (MEC) said they are not ready to compete with cheap fruit imports once tariffs…
Market vendor Abing Bacalso. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
After Pablo, ComVal still far from recovery
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
“Siguro nasa 20 percent pa tayo (ng recovery), malaki pa masyado (ang hahabulin) lalo na sa agriculture.” -- Compostela Valley Governor Arturo Uy
Mindanao cacao stakeholders push for price control, increased production
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today
The players in the cacao industry have targeted to produce one Million metric tons of cacao by 2014. Currently, the target falls short with the country producing only 20,000 MT out of the 130,000 to 150,000 MT target. The country needs to plant cacao to about 130,000 hectares to reach the target.
DOJ’s De Lima is treading the path of injustice – KMP
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today The peasant group challenged De Lima to investigate first what really happened in the clash between protesting coconut farmers and the cops during last Thursday's rally at the NAPC office before issuing “prejudicial statements.”