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 co