5. Key Commodity Performance - National Agricultural and Fishery ...

5.3.18 While the country is the largest exporter of coconut products, it is still a
price taker given the competition from the other vegetable oilseeds. This puts
pressure on farm prices and incomes as most farms do not practice intercropping
thus the reliance on coconut for their livelihood.
Table 5.3.3. COCONUT INDUSTRY: SWOT Analysis
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
Inputs
1. Availability of good clones 1. Only 1% of the areas are planted
with good clones
2. No irrigation system in coconut areas
Farm Production
2. Favorable climate in most areas 3. Senile trees (30% of stands)
3. Availability of technologies 4. Only 1% of the farms apply fertilizers
4. Unique lauric structure of coconut 5. Plantings in marginal lands
oil
6. Intercropping in only 30% of the land
Logistics
5. Established marketing system 7. High assembly/freight costs due to
poor roads and fragmented, small
holdings
6. Export facilities 8. Multi-layered marketing channels
9. Scattered/unclustered ports mean
costly ocean freight.
Milling
7. Presence of many mills 10. Underutilized mills/old technologies
8. Presence of refiners 11. Underutilized refineries
12. Shortage of raw materials
13. High assembly costs
14. Low quality copra
15. Scattered factories mean costly local
freight
Other Value Adding
9. Many product possibilities 16. Cost of raw materials
Institutions
10. Multi-stakeholders 17. Frequent changes in DA/PCA
leadership
11. Organized industry associations 18. Lack of program support; too
dependent on coco levy resolution
19. Politization of management over
coco levy companies
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