Coconut PH Trade Fair-NIR opens today at SM Bacolod
The Coconut Philippines Trade Fair-NIR has opened at SM City Bacolod, featuring over 30 small and medium enterprises from the Negros Island Region. The event aims to promote local coconut-based products and celebrate the industry's resilience.
Why it matters
The fair serves as a platform for local economic development and highlights the importance of the coconut industry to the regional economy of the Philippines.
More than 30 small and medium entrepreneurs from across the Negros Island Region are joining the weeklong Coconut Philippines Trade Fair-NIR at SM City Bacolod North Block, with the opening ceremony at 2 o’clock this afternoon, Oct. 12.
“This is a celebration of the creativity, ingenuity, and entrepreneurial spirit of our cocopreneurs, coconut farmers, and coconut-based enterprises, on the theme “Nurturing Resilience and Innovation,” Department of Trade and Industry Negros Occidental provincial director Lynna Joy Cardinal said.
This trade fair shines a spotlight on the hardworking coconut farmers, who cultivate the foundation of the industry; the passionate cocopreneurs, who transform ideas into innovative products; and the thriving coconut-based enterprises that turn the many potentials of coconut into quality products and promising business opportunities, Cardinal said.
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