Latebreakers; Higher prices to boos coco export earnings.
Export earnings from coconut oil and other related products are expected to surpass last years $604 million despite an expected 19 percent decline in volume due to better prices which are seen to hit $500 to $600 per metric ton this year. Danilo M. Coronacion, Philippine Coconut...

The Migrant Cocoa-Farmers of Southern Ghana: a study in rural capitalism.
POLLY HILL, The Migrant Cocoa-Farmers of Southern Ghana: a study in rural capitalism. Published 1963, reprinted Hamburg: LIT and Oxford: James Currey, for the International African Institute, 1998, 265 pp., 40.00 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 85255 298 X, hard covers, 16.95 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 85255 299 8, paperback....

P/$ rate closes at P40.33/$ 1.
The peso exchange rate closed higher at P40.33 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp. (PDEx) from P40.47 the previous day. The weighted average rate appreciated to P40.399 from P40.483. Total volume amounted to $ 1.015 billion. BSP to keep rates low...

HighQuest Partners White Paper: 'How $100 Oil Really Gave Us $6.00 Corn'.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-12 May 2008-HighQuest Partners White Paper: 'How $100 Oil Really Gave Us $6.00 Corn'(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com HighQuest Partners, a strategic advisory and management consulting firm, issued a white paper entitled Pricing Dynamics: How $100 Oil Really Gave Us $6.00 Corn that explains...

Chemrez all set to export higher value CME product.
Byline: JAMES A. LOYOLA Chemrez Technologies Inc., the country's pioneer oleochemicals, biodiesel and resin manufacturer, is set to begin exports of higher value fractionated coco-methyl ester (CME) with the completion of the third module of its CME plant next month. ChemrezTech chief operating officer Jun...

New standard for virgin coconut oil urged.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA The Philippines should adopt a method of analyzing virgin coconut oil (VCO) similar to that by olive oil producers from highly-discriminating sources as France or Spain if VCO has to be acknowledged worldwide as a premium oil. Dr. Fabian M. Dayrit,...

Why American farmers most competitive.
Byline: DELFIN Sd. PEREZ CHICAGO -- American farmers are considered the most progressive and prosperous from among their peers in the world. A recent visit to this US soybean/corn state and two others, (Nebraska and Washington), together with a group of Filipino feedmillers and traders,...

Coconut product exports surge 14% to $445.7 M.
Byline: EDU H. LOPEZ The countrys coconut export earnings posted a 14 percent increase to $445.75 million for the first half of 2005 compared to last years figure of $390 million. Coconut oil generated some $296 million in export receipts, up by 6.64 percent from...

Coco oil price may hit $ 700 per MT.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA The Philippines can take advantage of a soaring coconut oil (CNO) price in the world market that can reach to $ 700 per metric ton (MT) if only local copra production could rise at a stable, hefty rate, arresting the lamentably low usage...

Why American farmers most competitive.
Byline: DELFIN Sd. PEREZ CHICAGO -- American farmers are considered the most progressive and prosperous from among their peers in the world. A recent visit to this US soybean/corn state and two others, (Nebraska and Washington), together with a group of Filipino feedmillers and traders,...