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    The USDA-funded SUCCESS Alliance Philippines Phase II program has advocated for the concept of "cacao agribusiness zones" which consist of five components: 1) cluster farms of at least 500 hectares, 2) post-harvest centers that also serve as markets, 3) services to produce quality products, 4) access to quality planting materials, and 5) a hub for industry information. This initiative is recommended for coconut farmers, as planting cacao between coconut trees can significantly increase their annual income of P40,000 without needing much initial investment.

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    The USDA-funded SUCCESS Alliance Philippines Phase II program has advocated for the concept of "cacao agribusiness zones" which consist of five components: 1) cluster farms of at least 500 hectares, 2) post-harvest centers that also serve as markets, 3) services to produce quality products, 4) access to quality planting materials, and 5) a hub for industry information. This initiative is recommended for coconut farmers, as planting cacao between coconut trees can significantly increase their annual income of P40,000 without needing much initial investment.

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    The USDA-funded SUCCESS Alliance Philippines Phase II program has advocated for the concept of "cacao agribusiness zones" which consist of five components: 1) cluster farms of at least 500 hectares, 2) post-harvest centers that also serve as markets, 3) services to produce quality products, 4) access to quality planting materials, and 5) a hub for industry information. This initiative is recommended for coconut farmers, as planting cacao between coconut trees can significantly increase their annual income of P40,000 without needing much initial investment.

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    Cacao Agribusiness Zones

    Largely due to the USDA-funded SUCCESS Alliance Philippines Phase II program


    implemented by CocoaPhil and ACDI/VOCA, the concept of ‘cacao agribusiness
    zones’ is now advocated.

    It has five components: (1) modules consisting of minimum 500 hectare-cluster


    farms; (2) dynamic post-harvest centers to also serve as accessible markets for cacao
    beans; (3) services that enable farmers to produce quality products such as replicable
    good agricultural practices and crop protection strategies; (4) access to quality
    planting materials; and (5) a hub for technology, market, and industry information.

    This initiative is specially recommended for coconut farmers who are among the
    poorest in the country. The idle land planted for cacao between coconut trees can add
    a significant amount to the current P40,000 a year a coconut farmer makes without
    intercropping.

    According to CocoaPhil’s computations, at P20 a kilo, a farmer can make P11,000


    and P86,000 the third and fourth years, followed by P123,000 in the fifth and
    succeeding years. This can be done with an investment of only P37,000 spread over
    the first three years.

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