Davao co-op shows how business is done

As a liaison officer in San Isidro municipal hall, Loreto Davis, 57, hopes to retire early so he can focus on managing his 1.7-hectare farm planted with cacao and coconut.

But with the falling prices of copra, Davis — a member of a small coconut farmers’ organization in San Isidro, Davao del Norte — has also been planting other crops such as cardava banana.