ZAMBOANGA CITY: Gov. Sakur Tan has urged local coffee farmers to form or join cooperatives and strengthen the industry by maintaining the high quality of their products.
Tan, who met recently with members of the Federation of Sulu Coffee Producers Cooperative (FSCPC), said he would help them mechanize the farming process to speed up production from planting to harvesting to distribution, especially now that the province is exporting Arabica and Robusta coffee beans to Japan.
A provincial government photo shows Sulu Gov. Sakur Tan reading a report by the Federation of Sulu Coffee Producers Cooperative. Sulu’s Arabica and Robusta, popularly known as ‘Kahawa Sug’ is now being exported to Japan. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO