A KEY initiative called Project Coffee+ under the Nescafé Plan of Nestlé Philippines has yielded banner results with participating smallholder coffee farmers increasing average yields and incomes by around 64 percent and 45 percent, respectively, in 2021.

The Nescafé Plan in the country is a long-term program to increase the supply of Robusta coffee, which lags considerably behind demand by helping farmers increase the productivity of coffee farming toward a better quality of life. Robusta accounts for 66 percent of local coffee production and is mostly grown in Mindanao.

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