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                    [ArticleID] => 555241
                    [Title] => Nestle develops 7 new  high-yielding varieties
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The Nestle Experimental and Demonstration Farm (NEDF) in Tagum City, Davao is preparing for submission for registration with the National Seed Industry Council (NSIC) seven new high quality coffee selections.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 533202 [Title] => Follow the beans [Summary] =>

The color I would better associate with Tagum City is gold. Tagum is Mindanao’s fastest rising city and Davao del Norte’s provincial capital, and its fortunes are being made through the industries of gold mining and agriculture in northern Davao.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1788635 [AuthorName] => Walter Villa [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 529709 [Title] => Nestlé trains coffee farmers [Summary] =>

Regional officials of the Department of Agriculture from Bicol, Iloilo, Bohol, Mindoro and Cavite participated in a two-day seminar at the Nestlé Experimental and Demonstration Farm (NEDF) in Tagum, Davao del Sur last Sept. 28-29.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 6096 [Title] => Nescafé set to break records in coffee seedling distribution [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 373057 [Title] => Nescafe promotes sustainable coffee farming practices [Summary] => Through the Nestle Experimental and Demonstration Farm (NEDF), a non-profit agricultural training center in Tagum City, Davao del Sur, world leading coffee brand Nescafe continues to educate the Filipino coffee farmers on modern and sustainable methods of coffee farming.

The NEDF provides free technical training to coffee farmers to help them improve their yields significantly and reduce the time before harvesting.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 350116 [Title] => Sowing the seeds of a good coffee product [Summary] => For more than 12 years now, the Nestle Experimental and Development Farm (NEDF) in Tagum City, Davao has been giving free technical training to coffee farmers, technicians and agriculture students year round.

"What we do is extend technical assistance to the farmers and in some cases put up demonstration farms where we provide inputs while the farmers provide the labor as equity," reveals Zenon Alenton, resident agronomist for NEDF. "We introduce Nescafé technology to them."
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 329470 [Title] => Thegoodcup [Summary] => After water, coffee is said to be the second most consumed beverage in the world. And it ranks second to oil in terms of value as a world-traded commodity.

From specialty brews to instant coffee to the now ubiquitous three-in-one sachets, coffee is easily everyone’s favorite drink. And with the proliferation of coffee shops, having a cup of coffee has become a total lifestyle experience.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) ) )
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