Farmers from the Paquibato District of Davao City were invited by the Balutakay Coffee Farmers Association (BACOFA) to their farm at Mount Apo. Coffee For Peace trained BACOFA who are, in turn, training other farmers from other communities.
Your hands’ work feed us,
Tiller of the sacred land.
May we serve with you?
It’s always a privilege to be visited by our farming partners. To pray together. To eat together. To learn together. To share our struggles for justice and peace. To share our lives with each other. To share resources. To listen to each other.
We conducted a 2-day coffee production training, dubbed as From Crop to Cup, which is framed in Peace and Reconciliation principles and practices.
The content of this training program includes the following:
SITE SELECTION
- Climatic Requirement
- Land and Soil Requirement
SPECIES SELECTION
- Coffee Varieties
- Sources of seeds
NURSERY PRACTICES
- Nursery Site
- Seed requirement
- Preparation of seeds
- Germination bed
- Pricking
- Raising and caring for the seedlings
- Hardening
PLANTING AREA PREPARATION
- Clearing
- Staking and holing
TRANSPLANTING
- Age of seedlings
PLANTATION MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION
- Fertilization:
PRUNING
SHADING, MULCHING AND COVER CROPPING
HARVESTING
PROCESSING
These particular group are from the Paquibato District, Davao City. Great thanks to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the City Government of Davao for their partnership.
The training team consists of Fred Abelitado, Byron Bee Pantoja, Joji Felicitas Bautista Pantoja, and Jobee Palo Basas.
Kudo’s to the PBCI-CFP support team — Edna Pantoja, Nite Alparas, Catua Frani, Crezy Morgado Eclevia, and Jose B. Calaba.
