ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, 20 June (PIA) – In a bid to revive the copra industry, Timuay Esteban Bugol, an 80-year-old tribal leader, expressed his desire for copra prices to return to the levels seen during ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) yesterday confirmed the drop in farm gate prices of copra, with at least 500,000 farmers affected by the slump in prices. The farm gate ...

Despite government measures to alleviate the coconut industry from declining prices of copra, official data showed that the farm-gate price of the commodity continued to fall by more than half from ...

The Centre government has approved higher Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for copra for the 2026 season, with milling copra set at Rs 12,027 per quintal and ball copra at Rs 12,500 per quintal. These ...

THE country’s coconut oil mills have agreed to buy copra directly from farmers at P24 per kilogram (kg) to boost farm-gate prices, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). Agriculture ...

To woo southern Indian farmers in the upcoming general election, the government has announced the minimum support price (MSP) for Copra (dried coconut) for the 2024 season. The increment is less than ...

The governor, however, may have glossed over the fact that it was her father who ordered the collection of 55 centavos per 100 kilograms of copra from farmers in 1972. In 2012, the high tribunal ruled ...

The regulated markets in Coimbatore-Tiruppur belt are witnessing meagre arrival of copra this time around, since the price in the open market is significantly higher. For the 2025 season, the Minimum ...

A proposal to set a standard farm-gate price for copra is up for President Duterte’s approval as the price of the commodity continued to dive. In a year-end press conference, Agriculture Secretary ...

Copra, the dried meat or kernel of the coconut processed in a farm in Burauen, Leyte. The Philippine Coconut Authority is upbeat that higher copra prices will prevail until the end of this year. PALO, ...