The Center for Research and Communication (CRC) invites you to the IGNITE AsiaPacific Forum entitled "Scaling Up Philippine Agribusiness by Integrating Smallholder Farms: A Focus on the Coconut Sector" on September 7 (Thursday) from 1:00-4:00 pm at the Li Seng Giap Auditorium. 

The event is free of charge, but kindly pre-register through this link to confirm your participation: https://bit.ly/CRCScaleUpCoconut

The forum aims to tackle and initiate discussions on how coconut farmers and the cooperative sector can contribute to human and economic development. At large, it addresses social programs and growth in truly human values. The forum will discuss the opportunities integrating smallholder farms in order to achieve economies of scale through co-operatives. 

One of the main resource speakers is Dr. Bernardo Villegas, CRC Director for Research and Chairholder of the Professorial Chair for Social Economics. 

The event is organized by the Professorial Chair for Social Economics of the Center for Research and Communication of the University of Asia and the Pacific in partnership with the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Agricultural Committee and in collaboration with the Alay Buhay Community Development Foundation, Inc. 

For inquiries, email CRC at [email protected].