DAVAO CITY, May 23 (PIA) - The Davao Region Council is pushing for more collaboration with the government and the private sector in helping develop local farmers in producing and marketing specialty coffee. Cesar Cuyugan, the council secretary, bared in today’s One Davao Virtual Presser that while Davao Region can hardly compete in terms of production volume for the Philippine market coffee requirement but the specialty and high quality coffee produced by the Region is going to be the edge for local farmers to demand better pricing for their coffee produce. The Department of Agriculture reported that Region XI ranks 2 nd and contributes 18% in the country in 2020. Davao City constitutes 50% of the total regional production, followed by Davao del Sur at 21%. “As of now we are still working on to cover the local market demand because there is not much supply,” said Cuyugan. Research data showed that Filipino coffee-drinkers consumed around 3.3 million 60-kilogram bags of coff...