KALIBO, Aklan — An official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said the department’s Western Visayas regional office has found a farmer in Aklan who has been growing Criollo, a rare and expensive variety of cacao.
KALIBO, Aklan — An official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said the department’s Western Visayas regional office has found a farmer in Aklan who has been growing Criollo, a rare and expensive variety of cacao.
The farmer (name undisclosed) was attending a two-day seminar on cacao production initiated by the DA. The DA officials asked the cacao farmers to bring a sample of their cacao plantation the next day and there they discovered the presence of Criollo, said Alexys Apolonio, senior provincial agriculturist of the Office of the Provincial Agriculture in Aklan.
The discovery has been described as similar to having struck gold since Criollo, according to the government roadmap on cacao production, is “considered the most prized, rare and expensive variety.”
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