22/02/2025
In a recent feature by the Agricultural Training Institute Davao Region, Lodia Arreza, owner of Arreza Agricultural Learning Center in Governor Generoso, discussed her decision to venture into cacao farming and the potential she sees in it.
| Lodia Arreza, owner of Arreza Agricultural Learning Center in Governor Generoso, shares why she decided to venture into cacao farming and the potential she sees in it.
"๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ถ๐จ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ. ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ช ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ต๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข ๐ค๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฐ, ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ข๐จ ๐ถ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐บ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ฏ. ๐๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ข ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐บ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ข๐ด ๐ถ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐บ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด (There is no substitute for making chocolate. It can only come from cacao, and cacao provides significant health benefits. Moreover, among all agricultural products, cacao has the highest market price compared to other crops)," she said.
Currently, Arreza Agricultural Learning Center exports cacao beans to Italy. This opportunity came when Italian investors visited their farm in search of high-quality cacao beans. Their farm was selected as one of the suppliers of fermented dried cacao beans for an international company.
Cacao farming has elevated Lodiaโs reputation, making their farm a recognized model farm and an accredited Learning Site for Agriculture under ATI.
Because of this, it continues to attract farmers, investors, and aspiring cacao growers seeking consultations and guidance.
