Lapeña hails 273 coffee farming graduates in Sultan Kudarat, Bukidnon

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Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Secretary Isidro Lapeña congratulated coffee farmers in Sultan Kudarat and Bukidnon who recently finished their training on Coffee Production Level 2.

“Congratulations to the graduates and to those who will graduate in the future. I hope that the knowledge and skills you gained from the training will increase your coffee yields and help improve our country’s coffee production,” Lapeña said in a press statement Sunday.

A total of 100 indigenous people in Barangays Hinalaan, Nalilidan and Datuwasay in the town of Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat graduated on October 21 and 22.

They were beneficiaries of TESDA Region XII’s Project Indigenous People Empowered as Agriprenuer towards a Collective End and Kape ang Bubuo ng Hangarin sa Pagyabong Program of Nestlè Philippines.

In Bukidnon, a total of 173 beneficiaries also finished their Coffee Production Level II training under the Training for Work Scholarship Program of the Bukidnon Integrated Coffee Center-Nestle Philippines.

Last May, TESDA and Nestlè Philippines signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to upskill coffee farm workers and boost coffee production in the country.

Under the MOA, TESDA will train the identified beneficiaries of Nestlé Philippines initially in Bukidnon and Sultan Kudarat where 80 percent of the country’s coffee is grown.

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