{"id":56971,"date":"2020-09-10T11:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T03:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=56971"},"modified":"2020-09-10T12:20:11","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T04:20:11","slug":"davao-city-recognized-as-cacao-capital-of-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2020\/09\/10\/davao-city-recognized-as-cacao-capital-of-the-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"Davao City Recognized as Cacao Capital of the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the years of being the region’s major producer of cacao beans, Davao City<\/strong> in Mindanao is officially distinguished as Cacao Capital of the Philippines<\/strong>. This follows the formal declaration of the Department of Agriculture <\/strong>last September 7, 2020.<\/p>\n

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Davao City has since been promoting the cacao industry. According to a Facebook post of the local Davao unit of the Department of Environment and National Resources<\/strong>, the established cacao agroforest in the region makes up 16, 739 hectares or 16% of the total 106,629 hectares of the National Greening Program that’s implemented back in 2011.<\/p>\n

And by the recent numbers, Davao City is recorded to have produced\u00a0a total of 2,289.74 metric tons from 2015 to 2019.<\/p>\n

Also read:\u00a0Auro Chocolate PH Wins Top 20 Best Cacao Beans in the World<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cFor the past few years now, Davao cacao has been recognized as among the world\u2019s best, with our local brands making waves in international chocolate competitions, and a growing number of Filipino and foreign chocolate makers sourcing their beans here,\u201d Davao mayor Sara Duterte says in her acceptance speech.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

She also proceeded to\u00a0thank the cacao industry players in the city as well as the organic agriculture partners for bringing about such recognition from the national government.<\/p>\n

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More so, she stresses that it’s not just putting food on the table that their local agriculture ascertains; but making sure as well that the industry is ‘viable’ and ‘sustainable’ both for the farmers and the stakeholders.<\/p>\n

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On top of this recognition, Davao City was deemed as the Most Outstanding City in the Regional Organic Agriculture Achievers Award 2020\u00a0<\/strong>thereby receiving a monetary prize amounting to Php 300,000.<\/p>\n

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Sources: pna.gov.ph<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0DENR Davao<\/a>
\nImages courtesy of DENR Davao<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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