Saturday, August 7, 2010
Just Ask any big coffee grower in Philippine
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Saturday, August 07, 2010
Hi chew in Philippine Nestle has decades of partnership with Filipino coffee farmers, providing seedling support, as well as training and technology transfer, to help them achieve a better livelihood. Like recently some of the the biggest harvest is at a farm, also known as the Quiño Farm (after its owner, Clive Quiño), yielded 3.2 metric tons of coffee green beans per hectare, which is about ten times higher than the 0.3 to 0.4 metric tons local average. This record-setting yield was made possible through the use of high-yielding coffee seedlings which are also highly resistant to environmental stresses.These high-quality coffee seedlings are grown with care at the Nestle Experimental and Demonstration Farm (NEDF), the premier facility in coffee farm development and production in the country. Anything that is scalable, duplicate-able and expansion is potential for growth.