The Philippines has opened a new market for its cacao industry with the first commercial shipment of fermented cacao beans to New Zealand, giving local growers a fresh export outlet as the government pushes to turn high-value crops into bigger sources of farm income and foreign exchange. The 6,000-kilogram shipment, sourced directly from Kapalong, Davao del Norte, was formally sent off by the Department of Agriculture at Headcorp CY in Carmen, D…
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