VCC Farmer Contact Campaign surpasses 1000 target suppliers.
Within two months the VillageCoco Charcoal team of graduate students has completed over 1000 on-site interviews of target supplier coconut farmers. Our target supplier is defined as coconut farmers based in three specific Municipalities – Aborlan, Brooke’s Point and Narra with on average less than 5 hectares of land. VCC hopes to have about 1500-2000 farmers in our supplier database later in the year – focused on very specific Barangays that have high number and density of target supplier coconut farmers in three specific...
read moreVCC Sends Out 1st SMS Messaging Campaign to 600 Brooke’s Point target suppliers.
VillageCoco Charcoal team of graduate students in Brooke’s Point reached 600 contacts recently. VillageCoco Charcoal sent out our 1st SMS message using SMS Caster that enable us to communicate via messaging in bulk to every farmer while been able to track response from specific respondents. SMS is an excellent communication tool for our farmers for a number of reasons. The primary reason is that many farmers live in areas without mobile phone coverage so they are unable to receive phones calls on their farm. A message can wait until the...
read moreVCC Begins to Build 1st Test Kiln Farm
VillageCoco Charcoal reviewed over hundred of target suppliers that we have interviewed in Brooke’s Point Municipality and we settled on the 1st location for the 1st Test Kiln Farm. The location is: based in a well established and reputable coconut farm, managed by an experienced coconut farmer, managed by a farmer is skilled at manufacturing coconut charcoal, centrally located and along a significant transit route in the Barangay, flat, well drained and sandy so we can have a stable base for the kilns and minimize risk of flood...
read moreVCC Contracts Industry Veteran to Consult on Sourcing & Logistics
VillageCoco Charcoal has been lucky to employee the consulting services of probably the most experienced coconut sourcing and logistics professional in Palawan. The consultant has nearly two decades of experience working for a foreign multi-national buying coconut related products and transporting them out of the country. The consultant will conduct detailed reviews in May of VillageCoco Charcoal business model. The main purpose is guide VCC towards the right partnership and strategies. We aim to have our sourcing and logistics strategy...
read moreVCC Joins the International Biochar Initiative
VillageCoco Charcoal becomes a member of the International Biochar Initiative (IBI) – http://www.biochar-international.org/ so that we can continue to educate ourselves about biochar and establish a network with like-minded professionals. IBI Mission The mission of the IBI is to promote the development of biochar systems that follow Cradle to Cradle sustainability guidelines. In pursuit of this we shall: Support the generation, review and dissemination of information on all aspects of biochar Develop sustainability guidelines and monitor...
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