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Davao del Sur coffee farmers dominate PCQC anew  



DIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur, March 23 – Davao del Sur coffee farmers have proven to be the producers of the best Arabica coffee in the country as they cement their position in the top ranks of the Philippine Coffee Quality Competition this year.

 

Marifel Dela Cerna and Cherry Gil Cabanday of the Balutakay Coffee Farmers Cooperative (BACOFA COOP) snagged the Top 1 and Top 2 ranks, respectively, in the Arabica category.

 

The two coffee farmers bested all 45 entries submitted nationwide in this year’s PCQC under the Arabica category.

                                         

Dela Cerna now joins the ranks of Davao del Sur’s Marites Arellano and Marivic Dubria, who also topped the Arabica category in 2021 and 2019, respectively.

 

Dela Cerna credits her success to her mentors and to all institutions that helped their cooperative including the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Department of Agriculture (DA), ACDI/VOCA, among others.

 

She encouraged her fellow coffee farmers to continue persevering and keep pursuing their goals.

 

“Dili lang gyud sila (coffee farmers) mawad-an og paglaum, magpadayon sila ug maningkamot sila (Never lose hope, carry on and work hard),” Dela Cerna stated.

 

In the same category, seven more coffee farmers made it to the Top 12 finalists namely Ronald Dicdican (Top 5), Cecilia Cavalida (Top 6), Jhon Lawrence Dela Cerna (Top 7), Marilyn Tibog (Top 8), Leizel Silvano (Top 9), Rosemarie Rupecio (Top 10) and Jerry Lapasigue (Top 11).

 

Moreover, Dela Cerna also got the special award on the Best Arabica Coffee – Washed Process while Cabanday got the Best Arabica Coffee – Natural Process. Ronald Dicdican of Loon Coffee Farms won the special award on Best Arabica Coffee – Honey Process.

 

The awarding ceremony was held on March 18, 2022, at the Waterfront Insular Hotel in Davao City.

 

“Both the BACOFA Coop and Loon Coffee Farms are beneficiaries of various DTI programs like the RAPID Growth Project, Shared Service Facilities Project, Kapatid Mentor Me Program, OTOP Next Gen, among others,” DTI Davao del Sur OIC-Provincial Director Maria Victoria Placer shared.

 

“And coming here in the awarding ceremony, we felt very elated seeing how our coffee farmers are reaping the fruits of their hard work. Events like the PCQC motivate our farmers that if they commit to produce quality coffee through good agricultural practices, be eager to learn and be open to new technologies, wonderful opportunities will swarm them,” OIC-PD Placer added.

 

During the awarding ceremony, young farmers Lendilou Loon and Jastine Mae Dubria were also given recognition as Youth in Coffee awardees.

 

The PCQC is an annual green coffee competition that seeks to increase the consciousness of Filipino farmers on coffee quality and encourages them to improve their competitiveness in the domestic and international markets.

 

The DTI, DA, ACDI/VOCA, Barista and Coffee Academy of Asia and the Philippine Coffee Guild have organized PCQC since 2017.

 

They seek to promote Philippine coffee locally and internationally, specifically Arabica and Robusta. (DTI-Davao del Sur)

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