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COCONUT PLANTERS NOW ENJOY FREE SALT FERTILIZER

ALAMINOS, Laguna – To further enhance the implementation of the Participatory Coconut Planting Program (PCPP) of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) in the Provinces of Laguna and Rizal, the Laguna/Rizal Provincial Coconut Development Office here are now distributring salt fertilizer to coconut planters on the average of 2 kilos of rock salt per fruit-bearing tree according to Provincial Coconut Development Manager Lannie M. Lapitan. Distribution of salt fertilizer are nring carried with the help of the concern Municipal Agriculturist and Municipal Fishery and Agriculture Council who are in direct contact with cocoland owners. Ms. Lapitan reported that there are 17 coconut producing municipalities in Laguna, and three in Rizal The salt fertilization project is one of the components of the Participatory Coconut Planting Program initiated by Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap and PCA Administrator Oscar G. Garin to help increase the coconut yield by 25 per cent, and coconut trees wo