In his keynote address at the National Coffee, Cacao, and Coconut (CoCaNut) Congress 2024 in Iloilo City, PCA Administrator & CEO Dr. Dexter R. Buted shares a compelling vision for a resilient, sustainable future in agriculture. With the theme “𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐴𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠,” his words echo with determination and hope for the coffee, cacao, and coconut industries as they face the challenges of a changing climate. Here's an excerpt from his speech:

"𝐴𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑎𝑝𝑒, 𝑡𝑠𝑜𝑘𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒, 𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑖𝑦𝑜𝑔 𝑎𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒 𝑛𝑎 𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑢ℎ𝑎𝑦, 𝑘𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎, 𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑦𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑦 𝑛𝑎 𝑃𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑜.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘴; 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘭𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.

𝑁𝑔𝑎𝑦𝑜𝑛, ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑜 𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑡𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑚𝑎𝑚𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑎 𝑚𝑔𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑘𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡𝑜. 𝑁𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑔-𝑢𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑛 𝑘𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑎𝑛𝑜 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑢𝑛𝑙𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑟𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑢𝑘𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑠𝑎 𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑔𝑎 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑦𝑎, 𝑠𝑎 𝑘𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑎 𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑔𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑎𝑙𝑎 𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑎ℎ𝑜𝑛.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦, 𝘊𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘰, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘵 (𝘊𝘰𝘊𝘢𝘕𝘶𝘵) 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 2024 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.

𝘈𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳: 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦, 𝘤𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘰, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦, 𝘤𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘰, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦. 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺, 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴, 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭. 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘭 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦-𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴.

𝑀𝑔𝑎 𝐾𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑛, 𝑚𝑔𝑎 𝑘𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑎 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑦𝑎 𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑎𝑝𝑒, 𝐾𝑎𝑘𝑎𝑤, 𝑎𝑡 𝑁𝑖𝑦𝑜𝑔, 𝑚𝑔𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑠𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑘𝑎, 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑔𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑘𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑎 𝑖𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑦 ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑔𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑘𝑡𝑜; 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑎 𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑔𝑖 𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑘𝑎𝑘𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑙𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑜, 𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎, 𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑔-𝑎𝑠𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑠𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑔 𝑛𝑎 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑢𝑘𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑛.

𝑀𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑖𝑠𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑜 𝑠𝑎 𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑔𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑠𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑘𝑎, 𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑢𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎 𝑠𝑎 𝑚𝑔𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑘𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑎 𝑘𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑘𝑎𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑛, 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑡𝑢𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑑 𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑔𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑘𝑡𝑜.

𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙪𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚."