Manila, June 3 -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has approved the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP) 2024-2028, to help coconut farmers increase productivity and income, alleviate poverty, and modernize the coconut industry.

Marcos signed Memorandum Circular 84 on May 21, approving and adopting the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP) 2024-2028. A copy of the issuance was made public on Tuesday.

The CFIDP 2024-2028 was a revised version of the CFIDP 2022-2026.

It seeks to outline strategies for implementing national development programs on social protection, capacity building, farmer organization empowerment, infrastructure, and other support programs to improve the socio-economic status of Filipi...