The Department of Agriculture (DA) will closely coordinate with the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) to link local coconut farmers groups with American buyers and consolidators of young (green) coconuts from the Philippines.

This was revealed by Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol as he announced on Friday that the DA is now preparing the country’s first shipment of green coconuts to United States, following a successful bilateral meeting held between the two countries last week.

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