A.
Background
Coconut is one of the identified promising in the province of Tawi-Tawi
alongside seaweed. However, the growth of coconut industry in Tawi-Tawi is started
deteriorating as result of massive conversion of land to housing project and to other
economic activities like mining and road widening. Coconut and its by-products are
important for food security of the country as well as main source of livelihood to most
farmers. The continuing decrease on production would affect the food supply chain
especially on palm related products. Farmers are also forced to sell their land because of
lack of funds to sustain daily needs of their family and to cultivate for more. The growing
challenges on production do not only happen in Tawi-Tawi but as well as in other parts of
the country. Because of this, former President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed last February
26, 2021 and June 8, 2022 respectively the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund
(CFITF) and Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP).
The objectives of the CFIDP are to increase income and productivity of coconut
farmers; poverty alleviation, education and social equity, and rehabilitation and
modernization of the coconut industry. Thus, the Tawi-Tawi Coconut Industry Roadmap
borne to ensure coconut farmers in Tawi-Tawi will receive necessary supports and
benefits from the national governmental to supplement their farm inputs and needs. The
Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) is the mandated agency to monitor the progress of
the implementation. The MTIT is a partner agency that also ensures the industry’s growth
and progress.
The coconut industry sector in Tawi-Tawi has started making names for its by-
products. There are identified coconut products manufactured in Tawi-Tawi like Coconut
Virgin Oil (VCO), coco shell charcoal briquette, sugar production out of coconut sap and
novelty items from coconut shell that could possibly pass national and international
standard should there have support both on technical and financial aspect. As such and
promotion of industry by former President Duterte, the MTIT, as leading agency for
investment development, in partnership w/ PCA take the lead in developing the coconut
industry roadmap for Tawi-Tawi. The coconut industry roadmap is a component of
Growth Enhancement Approach towards Regional Economic Development (GEARED)
Program, of MTIT - Tawi-Tawi.
Part of the initiative was the creation of Coconut Industry - Provincial Technical
Working Group (CI-PTWG). The CI-PTWG will serve as the voice that represents the
sector in the development arena and the craft master for the action/plan to be taken by the
industry in Tawi-Tawi. The composition of CI-PTWG is line agencies (PCA, MTIT,
MAFAR, MENRE, MOLE, MOST, PSA, MPW, BPMA, CSEA), academe (TRAC),
PLGU (OPAO & PPDO), private sector (TCCI, Traders, Consolidators & Input supplies)
and farmers, (shown in Annex 1).
B. Production
Provincial Production
[Link] 55,180 to 49,860, 50% to 46%, 20-30 to 8-22 (per harvest) but due to word
annual must be 32-88
Note: Coconut is among the prime industries in Tawi-Tawi, with over 49,806 hectares of coconut
area, covering 46% of the province’s total land area of 108,740 ha. In this sense, Tawi-Tawi
relatively leads in the scale of coconut area plantation and total land area among the provinces.
Despite this, the province is the second lowest in terms of annual nut production (132 million
nuts); next to Basilan who is still recovering from coconut-pest devastation. This can be owed to
its alarming number of senile (1,902,068) and non-bearing (694,114) coconut trees, almost
surpassing the estimated total number of productive, bearing trees (2,973,791). Moreover, Tawi-
Tawi has the lowest nut productivity rate among the region’s provinces, with an average annual
nut yield of 8-22 per tree. (per PCA data)
@ 2nd - 17,920 (PCA)
C. Current Structure of the Industry
Key Players
The key players in the coconut production sector are the coconut farmers. PCA further classifies
coconut farmers as Farm Owner (Owns a minimum of 0.50 ha of land and planted to at least 50
coconut trees; Owns or tills the coconut farm himself and/or with assistance from tenants and/or
laborers’), Farm Grower (Owns less than 0.50 ha. Land and planted a minimum of 20 coconut
trees); Farm Tenant (Leases a coconut land from legitimate owner and manages the coconut
farm); Farm Tenant-Workers (Tills the farm and processes the coconut harvest, and is often
remunerated by the shared income from the produce the tenant sells), Farm Worker (Laborers in
coconut plantations for cash wages or in-kind compensation); and others (No proof of
ownership but occupants of undocumented public or private lands of at least 0.50 ha. and planted
with at least 50 coconut trees).They facilitated the labor processes required from coconut
fertilization, harvesting, to copra making). In Tawi-Tawi, coconut farmers are NCFRS
beneficiaries and are often affiliated in an association, organization, or cooperative. As per PCA
data, there are 20 accredited coconut farmers organizations, 13 of which are registered
cooperatives enumerated below:
Note: Farm Owner (Owns a minimum of 0.50 ha of land and planted to at least 50 coconut trees;
Owns or tills the coconut farm himself and/or with assistance from tenants and/or laborers’),
Farm Grower (Owns less than 0.50 ha. Land and planted a minimum of 20 coconut trees); Farm
Tenant (Leases a coconut land from legitimate owner and manages the coconut farm); Farm
Tenant-Workers (Tills the farm and processes the coconut harvest, and is often remunerated by
the shared income from the produce the tenant sells), Farm Worker (Laborers in coconut
plantations for cash wages or in-kind compensation); and others (No proof of ownership but
occupants of undocumented public or private lands of at least 0.50 ha. and planted with at least
50 coconut trees).
List of Coconut Farmers Cooperative Members Plantation Hectares
Luuk Pandan Coconut Producers Cooperative
Karungdong Coconut Farmers Producers Cooperative
Luuk Tulay ARB Producers Cooperative
Tampakan ARB Farmers Producers Cooperative
Jakarta-Parang Pantay ARB Producers Cooperative
Lapid-Lapid ARB Producers Cooperative
Mapun Farmers Producers Cooperative
Rizqi Agriculture Cooperative
Kapatagan Farmers Marketing Cooperative
Languyan Mudjahada Farmers Marketing Cooperative
Jakarta Producers Cooperative
Simalac Farmers Marketing Cooperative
New Himbah Marketing Cooperative
Note: Still waiting for PCA response
Input Supplies ( Suppliers)
List of Farmer-Participants Location Seedling Farm
(size)
Note: Still waiting for PCA response
Market Linkages
List of Registered Copra Name of Establishment Level
Dealers / Buyers and
authenticated @ PCA Tawi-
Tawi
Assalam Copra Buyer Assalam Copra Buyer Municipal
JNT Copra Buyer JNT Copra Buyer Municipal
A.K. Copra Buyer AK Copra Dealer Municipal
GMG Marine Enterprises GMG Marine Products Municipal
Enterprises
Amm’s J Enterprises Amms-J Enterprises Municipal
Bongao Fish Trading Bongao Fish Trading Municipal
FLT Enterprises FLT Enterprise Municipal
JR Enterprises JR Copra & Seaweeds Buying Municipal
Station
F. Cost of Production & Return of Investment
*24 nuts/tree; 100 trees/ha (source:PCA – TWT)
The sample coconut farm owner-tiller has 10 hectares of cocal area, with 1000 bearing trees.
With 22 nuts/tree productivity, his annual volume of production is 66,000 nuts (22,000/harvest).
At 0.8 average kilogram per husked nut, the annual volume of nuts processed into copra is
52,800kg (17,600 kg/harvest). And in the copra making process, the coconut farmer can produce
0.239kg of copra per kilo of husked nuts. Hence, he can produce 12,619.2 kg of copra per year
(4,206.4 Kg/harvest) from his 10-ha farm. On a per hectare basis, the coconut farmer’s copra
production volume is 420.64kg/ha. To put it on a national scale, with a ratio of 1,297kg per ha, a
coconut farmer in Tawi-Tawi is severely disadvantaged at more than half disparity.
F.1. Productivity of Coconut
Particular Quantity
Cocal Area (ha.) 10
Bearing Trees 1,000
Average nut production/tree/harvest 8-22
Average harvest/year 3
Copra Conversion rate (Nuts:kg copra) 4-5:1
Nuts production/harvest 22,000
Copra Production (kg)/harvest 5,500
Ratio of copra weight (kg.)/hectare 550
Note: As of this time (PCA), 100 trees/hectare
In terms of pricing, the sample local trader’s buying price of copra is 20PhP/kg
(September 2022). As per the local trader, this final pricing statement already accounts for
numerous weight-affecting factors (i.e., sacks, warehousing, transportation, and other logistic
costs). That said, the producers are the price-takers––the most affected population of price
fluctuations. At 20PhP/kg, the sample coconut farmer’s annual gross income per ha is
8,412.8PhP from the mean copra volume of 420.64kg/ha. To calculate the sample coconut
farmer’s net income, outlined below are the costing deductions of copra production.
F.2. Income per hectare
ITEM AMOUNT (PhP)
Per Harvest Per Year
Gross Cash Income 11,000.00 33,000.00
Cash Costs
Hired Labor Costs 5,233.00 15,699.00
Transportation Cost 2,400.00 7,200.00
Land Tax
Other Costs
Total Cash Costs 7,633.00 22,899.00
Net Cash Income 3,367.00 10,101.00
Profit Cost Ratio 1:2.25 1:2.25
II – THE COCONUT INDUSTRY VALUE CHAIN
The Tawi-Tawi’s Coconut Industry Value Chain…
Note: This data is based on Coconut Production Survey for Year 2019 (latest data from PCA)
# of cocal area: 49,806 has
# of nuts per annum: 83, 543,595
Crude Coconut Oil- (CNO or CCO)
Novelty item can also be made out of shell production
B. INDUSTRY STATUS
B.1. COCONUTINDUSTRY PRODUCTION
COCONUT PRODUCTION SURVEY
BASELINE DATA for Year 2019
Source: PCA - Tawi-Tawi
B A R A N G A YS GENERAL LAND CLASSIFICATION Average Nut
TOTAL TOTAL
REGION/PROVINCE T (Coconut Area in Hectares) NO. OF Production/
O Wit h COCONUT COCONUT
MUNICIPALITY T C o c o nut COASTAL COASTAL INLAND INLAND FARMERS Harvest
A Tre e s AREA (Has.) TREES
L FLAT UPLAND FLAT UPLAND (pcs)
ARMM/TAWI-TAWI 204 184 35,338.5 1,129.0 9,777.0 3,610.0 49,854.5 17,920 5,569,973 83,549,595
Bongao 35 33 4,833.0 - 3,858.0 - 8,691.0 3,884 894,339 13,415,085
Languyan 20 20 4,374.0 30.0 3,268.0 506.0 8,178.0 2,981 817,100 12,256,500
Mapun 15 15 4,768.0 - - 1,188.0 5,956.0 1,653 607,214 9,108,210
Panglima Sugala 17 16 2,748.5 219.0 2,551.0 1,751.0 7,269.5 1,661 729,387 10,940,805
Sapa-Sapa 24 23 2,349.0 35.0 - 40.0 2,424.0 1,507 520,530 7,807,950
Simunul 15 15 3,842.0 - 100.0 - 3,942.0 1,760 454,187 6,812,805
South Ubian 31 19 1,464.0 - - - 1,464.0 1,040 153,865 2,307,975
Sibutu 16 16 2,707.0 - - - 2,707.0 936 259,525 3,892,875
Sitangkai 9 5 1,000.0 - - - 1,000.0 302 101,204 1,518,060
Tandubas 20 20 7,118.0 845.0 - 125.0 8,088.0 2,196 1,020,772 15,311,580
Turtle Islands 2 2 135.0 - - - 135.0 - 11,850 177,750
ARMM / TAWI-TAWI 204 184 35,338.5 1,129.0 9,777.0 3,610.0 49,854.5 17,920 5,569,973 83,549,595
IV – ANNEXES
Annex 1: The Coconut Industry Provincial Technical Working Group of Tawi-
Tawi (CI-PTWG)
POSITION AGENCY//ORGANIZATION Name of Representative/s
Chairman PCA Nur-Aina B. Ingkagan
Provincial Coconut Development Manager
Co-Chairmen MAFAR Dr. Aidarus I. Nami
Provincial Director
MTIT Termizie G. Masahud
Provincial Director
Members MOST Shirmal S. Mudjahiron
Provincial Head
MENRE Dr. Jonel I. Mohammad Monel
PENRO
TESD Dr. Maryam S. Nuruddin
Provincial Director
MOLE Haipa H. Jumdain
Provincial Head
CSEA Marilyn O. Davis
Cooperative Development Specialist
PSA Masil H. Mohammadsha
Provincial Director
MPW Borris-Zanzibar L. Kadil
District Engineer
PLGU-OPAG Louie Nova
Provincial Agriculturist
PPDO Engr. Wahab U. Bakil
PPDC
Industry Value Chain Stakeholders:
Tawi-Tawi Chamber of Commerce & Atty. Aquino J. Sajili
Industry (TCCI) President
Bongao Port Management Authority Hji. Damir I. Sali
(BPMA) Manager
Academe Dr. Edgar Puhagan
TRAC
Trader Tita T. Samsuya
BOMATRA
Coconut Farmers Representative Hji. Abirin A. Akmad
President, Karungdong Coconut Farmers
Producers Coop.
Hardware/ Input Provider
SECRETARIAT
Head MTIT FATIMA NEYYAR H. HASSAN Chief
Trade and Industry Development Specialist
Team Leader MTIT GUNNA H. MOHAMMAD
Senior Trade and Industry Development
Specialist
Focal Persons MTIT SHERELAIDA D. MOHADALI
Trade and Industry Development Specialist
ALFAIDA S. SABDANI
Trade and Industry Development Analyst
CONSULTANT CYRIL JAKE ALMANZOR
Business Analyst/Consultant
Almanzor & Benturado Business
Consultancy
Annex 2:`Directory of Tawi-Tawi Coconut Industry Players
Annex 3. List of Coconut Farmers Cooperatives
NAME OF COOPERATIVES
BONGAO LANGUYAN
1. Mandulan MNLF Producers 1. Jakarta Parang Pantay Producers
Cooperative Cooperative
2. Luuk Tulay ARB Producers 2. Marang-Marang Raayat Farmers
Cooperative Producers Cooperative
3. Luuk Pandan Coconut Producers 3. Indigenous Farmers and Fisher Folks
Cooperative Marketing Cooperative
4. Karungdong Coconut Farmers 4. Languyan Mujahada Farmers
Producers Cooperative Marketing Cooperative
5. Tarawakan ARB Producers 5. Jakarta Producers Cooperative
Cooperative 6. Simalak Farmers Marketing
6. Montay-Montay Producers Cooperative
Cooperative 7. Darul-Islam Farmers Producers
7. Sitio Panglima MNLF Producers Cooperative
Cooperative 8. Gagandilan Languyan Marketing
8. Lapid-Lapid ARB Producers Cooperative
Cooperative
9. Luuk Pangdan MNLF producers MAPUN
Cooperative 1. Sikub Mubarak Farmers Producers
10. Barangay Ipil MNLF Producers Cooperative
Cooperative 2. Mapun Farmers Producers
11. Kasambuhan Raayat Boheh Basag Cooperative
Producers Cooperative
12. Kapatagan Farmers Marketing SIBUTU
Cooperative 1. Hidaya ARB Producers Cooperative
PANGLIMA SUGALA SIMUNUL
1. Magsaggaw Agrarian Reform 1. West Simunul ARB Producers
Beneficiaries Cooperative Cooperative
2. Magsaggaw Producers Cooperative 2. Kasambuhan Ma Barangay Sokah
3. Lagayas ARB Farmers Producers Bulan Producers Cooperative
Cooperative
4. Kulape MNLF Producers SOUTH UBIAN
Cooperative 1. Tampakan ARB Farmers Producers
5. Magsaggaw MNLF Producers Cooperative
Cooperative
6. Karaha Land Owners Tulong Tabang TANDUBAS
Marketing Cooperative 1. New Himbah Marketing Cooperative
Source: CSEA-BARMM Tawi-Tawi
Coconut By-Products in Tawi-Tawi Province
N Coconut Name of Processing
Owner/Producer Remarks
o. By-Products Plant & Location
1. Coconut Sugar Coconut Sugar Processing Tarhata Uddok No production due
Kulape,Panglima Sugala, Tiamwatt to no sap tapper
Tawi-Tawi
2. Handicraft/ Coconut Shell Processing for Abtajirl A. Abirin Market match w/
Novelty Items Novelty Items/Handicraft Euzel Souvenir
Luuk Pandan, Bongao, Tawi- Shop of Pag-asa,
Tawi Bongao
(Order as needed)
3. Charcoal Coconut Shell Charcoal Omar K. Hashim Waiting for
Briquette Briquette pulverizing
Kulape, Panglima Sugala, machine
Tawi-Tawi (on ordered)
4. FWM Virgin Coconut Oil Albasher Aranan Contract Supplier
Virgin Coconut Trading Mohammad for use in
Oil Languyan
Municipal Hospital
Annex: Copra Buyer/Trader/Consolidator
Copra Buyer/Trader/Consolidator Location Owner/Contact Person
No. Name of Registered &
Establishment Authenticated @
PCA - Tawi-Tawi
1. Assalam Copra Buyer Assalam Copra Buyer Batu-Batu, Pangima Sugala, Tawi- Vilmalyn P. Jalaidi
Tawi
2. JNT Copra Buyer JNT Copra Buyer Batu-Batu, Pangima Sugala, Tawi- Annabelle C. Lazano/ Noriel
Tawi Cabañog
3. AK Copra Dealer A.K. Copra Buyer Tubig Mampallam, Bongao, Tawi- Hj. Arula “Rustom” A.
Tawi Karanain/ Faizal A. Janung
4. GMG Marine Products GMG Marine Chinese Pier, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi Glorina M. Gonzales/ Michael
Enterprises Enterprises Yu/ Shaojie Yu
5. Amms-J Enterprises Amms’J Enterprises Chinese Pier, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi Abduljalil Canon Ahaja/ Sitti
Marnie P. Ahaja
6. Bongao Fish Trading Bongao Fish Trading Chinese Pier, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi Rick M. Samsuya
7. FLT Enterprise FLT Enterprises Chinese Pier, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi Bentobel O. Tan/ John
Loue Tan/ Hilda B.
Gatunan
8. JR Copra & Seaweeds JR Enterprises Chinese Pier, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi Hj. Tutoh S. Ajam
Buying Station
9. Royal Marketing - Chinese Pier, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi Hj. Abdulajid Jaji
Sibutu Port, Sibutu, Tawi-Tawi
10. Nursan Enterprises - Chinese Pier, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi Abdulsan A. Mallah
11. CS Copra Dealer - Tubig Mampallam, Bongao, Tawi- Suradi A. Ammad
Tawi
13. Juwari Ibrahim - Mahalu, Mapun, Tawi-Tawi Juwari Ibrahim
14. Mapun Trading - Mahalu, Mapun, Tawi-Tawi Greg Banalo
15. Rickman Trading - Mahalu, Mapun, Tawi-Tawi Greg Banalo
V – REFERENCES
PCA – Tawi-Tawi
Tubig-Boh, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi
VI – LIST OF ACRONYMS
ATI - Agricultural Training Institute
AMAD -
BARMM- Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
BIMP-EAGA - Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines- East ASEAN Growth Area
BPMA - Bongao Port Management Authority
CCBOF
CCEDP - Coffee Cacao Enterprise Development Program
CFA - Coconut Farmers Association
CF - Coconut Farmers
CFIDP - Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan
CFITF -Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund
CFP - Coconut Fertilization Program
CFO - Coconut Farmers Organization
CIP - Coconut Intercropping Program
CI-TWG - Coconut Industry-Technical Working Group
CSEA - Cooperative and Social Enterprise Authority
FMR
GAA- General Appropriation Act
GAP- Good Agriculture Practices
GEARED - Growth enhancement Approach towards Regional Economic Development
GMP - Good Manufacturing Practices
HACCP
KEDP - Kaanib Enterprise Development Program
KRA - Key Result Area
MAFAR - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform
MENRE - Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Energy
MOLE - Ministry of Labor and Employment
MOST - Ministry of Science and Technology
MPW - Ministry of Public Works
MTIT - Ministry of Trade, Investments and Tourism
NCFRS - National Coconut Farmers Registry System
OPAg - Office of the Provincial Agriculture
PCA - Philippine Coconut Authority
PLGU - Provincial Local Government Unit
PPDO - Provincial Planning and Development Office
PSA - Philippine Statistics Office
PRESCO
TCCI - Tawi-Tawi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc.
TESD - Technical Education and Skills Development
TRAC - Tawi-Tawi Regional Agricultural College
