CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PIA)--Nineteen coffee micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and farmer organizations (FOs) from Bukidnon, Lanao del Norte, and Misamis Oriental, assisted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), brought their coffee beans to a bigger market in the Philippine Coffee Expo at the World Trade Center Metro Manila, Pasay, June 2-4.

The Philippine Coffee Expo is the grandest national coffee event that gathers together big players in the Philippine coffee industry to tackle key challenges and opportunities through technical discussions and presentations of new technologies to increase productivity and quality and build networks within the coffee sector.

The participating coffee MSMEs and FOs were Sikyop Agriculture Cooperative (SAC) from Lanao del Norte; and Mat-I Higaonon Free Farmers Association (MAHIFFA), M.C. COFFEE, Kape Claveria Beverage Manufacturing, Kapeng Don Narciso, Cape de Ticala, and Balubal Integrated Social Forestry Farmers Association (BISSFA), Inc. from Misamis Oriental.

Meanwhile, coffee products of participating MSMEs or FOs under Bukidnon Bean, an umbrella brand that aims to collectively promote coffee products in Bukidnon, include Bayanihan Millenium Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BMMPC), Impalutao Dalwangan Sawaga Agrarian Reform Cooperative (IMDALSA ARC);

MILALITTRA Farmers Agricultural Cooperative (MILFACO), Kauyagan Savers MPC (KSMPC), and Inhandig Tribal Multipurpose Cooperative, Monk’s Blend, Jacque’s Garden, Highland Robusta/Kape Maramag, Mirabueno, Café Rico, Kape Lumad, and Finca de Garces. (DTI-10/PIA-10)