Kumala Elardo, Elardo, founder and head of Sulu’s People’s Alliance for Multi-purpose Progress Cooperative, producer of the famous Sulu Royal Coffee, and chair of the Gender and Development Program of the Philippine Coffee Board Incorporated met with Mayor Sitti Djalia Turabin-Hataman on March 29 at Isabela City Hall to discuss the Philippine Coffee Board’s visit to the city for possible plans for the development and promotion of Isabela City’s coffee industry through technical assistance and programs for coffee farms.
Also present were members of the Agri Summit technical working group, Acting City Agriculture and City General Services Officer Eugene Strong and LEDIPO Chief Jaime Juanito Rivera. (Words by SJ Asakil/Photos by M. Santos, CIO)