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It is owned
and manage by Mr. Grover Rosit. With a passion for plants and gardening, he used
his wife's small family plot to dabble in farming. Today he operates the Rosit Cocoa
Farms in the Baguio District of Davao City in the southern Philippines. Mr Rosit
now earns 50 times his postman's salary and has paid for all of his children's
education.
source: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-37217649
Barangay San Juan, San Pablo City, Laguna. It started in 1987 with an initial capital
of Php 700.00. The farm covers more than 15 hectares, which are planted with 2,000+
trees each of Rambutan, Lanzones, Durian, and Papaya. The farm is also lined up with
800 Aromatic Coconuts. To maximize productivity, these high-value crops are
intercropped with vegetables and condiments such as Black Pepper from India
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the biggest green rambutan farm located in Barangay Lapaz, Tibiao,
Antique. The farm was named after the youngest daughter of the owner. Aside
from the green and red rambutan, you’ll also find bananas, durian, lanzones,
mangosteen, pomelo and other fruits. The rambutan tree belongs to a group of
fruit bearing tropical trees like longgan and lychee. The name rambutan came
from an Indonesian name “rambut” which means hair.
Hailed as Davao’s pomelo king, Carmelito Mercado is possibly the
top pomelo producer and distributor in the Philippines.
A family owned and operated agricultural enterprise situated in the border of
Candaba, Pampanga and Baliuag, Bulacan. The company was established
mainly for three objectives: 1) environment preservation through youth
education; 2) strengthen of the mango industry by ensuring the constant and
sustainable supply of mango produce; and 3) livelihood enhancement
through corporate involvement by promoting mango farming.
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