Ilocos promotes coffee growing

IN areas where water is very scarce and still uncultivated in Ilocos Norte, farmers are being encouraged to plant the high value coffee crop as it does not require much water and expensive farm inputs.

Edwin Cariño, head of the Ilocos Norte Special Projects and Development Office, said this is one of the top priorities in the province and vowed to provide assistance to Ilocano farmers interested in shifting to coffee planting.