MANILA — Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piol plans to have coconut farms in the country irrigated to fortify the country’s status of being one of the world’s top producers of coconut.
Coconut farms in the country are not irrigated at present, according to the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA).
“Irrigated coconut farms can produce double,” Piol said at the opening of the 32nd National Coconut Week (NCW) celebration in Metro Manila on Tuesday.
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