The Greatest Coffee Associations the World has to Offer

November 22, 2016

  The PCBI is part of the list! 6. Philippine Coffee Board, Inc. Despite the fact that Filipino coffee is yet to take to the international stage, this non-profit makes it to #5 because of its drive to take care of its national education. The PCBI provides the key for coffee farmers to overcome traditional coffee… Read More

The Great Women of ASEAN

November 8, 2016

  UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF UPS AND USAID-ACTI, FIVE COUNTRIES IN THE ASEAN SENT THEIR BEST WOMEN COFFEE ENTREPRENEURS—farmers, processors and retailers—to visit various coffee destinations in Cavite and in Makati City. The women visited the National Coffee Research Center in Indang, Cavite to see new technologies and the vast collection of coffee varieties the… Read More

7 Steps in Planting Coffee

November 5, 2016

  PCBI’s Dr. Alejandro Mojica reveals how it’s done—the right way. 1. ACQUISITION OF QUALITY PLANTING MATERIALS For Arabica – elevation should be 1000 m or more meters above sea levelFor Robusta, Liberica and Excelsa – < 800 meters above sea level   2. LAND PREPARATION   3. FIELD LAYOUTING For Arabica – 2m x… Read More

The Benefits of Coffee Farming

October 26, 2016

  PRINCESS KUMALAH SUG-ELARDO has been the poster lady of coffee in ARMM since she organized her cooperative, the People’s Alliance For Progress Multi Purpose Cooperative (PAP-MPC) in 2009. It started with a small capital of P170,000. The coop now counts about P15 Million in assets. That’s almost 1,000% in growth! Since 2012, when the… Read More

ACDI/VOCA – USDA Request for Application (RFA)

October 21, 2016

Who: ACDI/VOCA through the Mindanao Productivity in Agriculture Commerce & Trade (MinPACT) Project, a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) funded project. What: Is seeking grant applications from interested Mindanao coffee, cacao, and coconut organizations and enterprises to improve and strengthen their post-harvest handling and processing equipment and systems. When: The Request for Application (RFA) package is available… Read More

National Coffee Summit to Bring International Coffee Stars

August 2, 2016

For the past 8 years, the country’s coffee sector gets together every October in what is called the National Coffee Summit. It is held simultaneously with a trade event called Coffee Origins.  The annual meet is organized by the Philippine Coffee Board, Inc. (PCBI), a private sector-led advocacy to promote Philippine coffee domestically and to… Read More

Coffee Quality Institute Partners With Philippine Coffee Board Inc.

July 27, 2016

The prestigious Coffee Quality Institute (CQI), a US-based institution promoting specialty coffee, came to the country recently to hold talks with coffee stakeholders along with the country’s preeminent coffee organization, Philippine Coffee Board, Inc. (PCBI). Senior Adviser Ted Lingle (known in the coffee world as the “coffee guru”) along with CQI Operations Director Lisa Conway met… Read More

Landbank and PCBI Continue Pick Red Events

January 15, 2016

  For the second year now, Landbank is sponsoring some events with Philippine Coffee Board Inc. (PCBI) to raise the quality of coffee especially in Northern Luzon. New areas, like Kasibu and Santa Fe Nueva Vizcaya, are the target areas for new coffee plantings of the  Arabica variety. The Pick Red campaign has made farmers more… Read More