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ne Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Nestlé Philippines are planning to establish more coffee satellite buying stations, in a move to directly purchase from local farmers across the nation.
DTI is particularly seeking to set up proposed coffee buying stations in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), of which two are expected to be established in the provinces of Kalinga, Ifugao and Abra, initially.
Commenting on the development, Nestlé Philippines Corporate Affairs vice president Ruth P. Novales said that the company sets up satellite buying stations in communities that can produce 350 to 400 metric tons of coffee per a year.
Roving coffee buying stations can also be set up in some communities given that there is no one point solution to various localities, added Novales.
Of the required amount of Robusta coffee by Nestlé Philippines, only 20% of it is being produced in the country, while the remaining is being imported from Vietnam and Indonesia.
Nestlé Philippines currently has nine satellite coffee buying stations across the nation, including, Silang in Cavite, Lipa City in Batangas, Tuguegarao City in Cagayan Valley, Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental, Tagbina in Surigao del Sur, Cagayan de Oro City in Misamis Oriental, Tagum City in Davao del Norte, General Santos City in South Cotabato, and Iloilo City in Iloilo.
ne Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Nestlé Philippines are planning to establish more coffee satellite buying stations, in a move to directly purchase from local farmers across the nation.DTI is particularly seeking to set up proposed coffee buying stations in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), of which two are expected to be established in the provinces of Kalinga, Ifugao and Abra, initially.
Commenting on the development, Nestlé Philippines Corporate Affairs vice president Ruth P. Novales said that the company sets up satellite buying stations in communities that can produce 350 to 400 metric tons of coffee per a year.
Roving coffee buying stations can also be set up in some communities given that there is no one point solution to various localities, added Novales.
Of the required amount of Robusta coffee by Nestlé Philippines, only 20% of it is being produced in the country, while the remaining is being imported from Vietnam and Indonesia.
Nestlé Philippines currently has nine satellite coffee buying stations across the nation, including, Silang in Cavite, Lipa City in Batangas, Tuguegarao City in Cagayan Valley, Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental, Tagbina in Surigao del Sur, Cagayan de Oro City in Misamis Oriental, Tagum City in Davao del Norte, General Santos City in South Cotabato, and Iloilo City in Iloilo.
