DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/29 July) – A group helping local cacao farmers will be re-launched on August 1 to cover other farmers across the country. The Cacao Industry Development Association of Mindanao Inc., a nongovernment organization, will be renamed the Cacao Industry Development Association of the Philippines (CIDAPHIL) beginning next week, its executive director Valente Turtur said. Turtur said they expect 20 cooperatives in Luzon and the Visayas to enlist the help of CIDAPHIL in marketing and training on cacao growing. Many of them would buy cacao beans in Manila but these beans came from Davao. He said they hope to attain the 2020 target of 100,000 metric tons of roasted cacao beans, a challenge posed by the world’s leading chocolate maker, Mars.