BAGUIO CITY, Jan. 10 -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) has approved a PHP11.12 million project for a coffee consolidation enterprise in Mountain Province that is expected to further boost its production of the high-value commodity.

"Our farmers in the Cordillera do not have hectares of land to plant coffee on that is why they need to consolidate to meet the needs of the clients," Dr. Aida Pagtan, Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Information Service chief, said in an interview Monday.

The DA-Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) has given the greenlight for the Aliwes Irrigators Association Inc. in Bontoc town to start the procurement process for the setting up of the start-up enterprise sub-project on coffee consolidation, p...