BUTUAN CITY, May 20 -- A group of coffee growers in Tagbina, Surigao del Sur, is set to expand its marketing and production operations as the Department of Agriculture (DA) provides fresh support to the organization.

Liezel Chavaria, manager of San Nicolas Development Cooperative (SANIDECO), lauded the government's continuing support of their organization through the DA's Philippine Rural Development Program (PRDP).

"We received an additional PHP9.6 million support from the DA-PRDP in terms of equipment that includes 30 units of all-weather solar dryers, a cargo truck, and a hauling truck," Chavaria said in a phone interview on Monday.

She said an added buying capital of PHP796,000 was also included in the fresh support from the govern...