Opposition Senator Francis ‘’Kiko’’N. Pangilinan said on Wednesday that the potential of virgin coconut oil as a possible cure for COVID-19 could be the impetus needed to develop the Philippine coconut industry, and more importantly, improve the lives of Filipino farmers.Pangilinan, the former food security czar during the Noynoy Aquino administration, also served as chairman of the Philippine Coconut Authority Board 2014-2015.
“In order to meet the demands of a potential VCO cure, we would need to boost our production and processing capacity. That’s why now more than ever, the coco levy trust fund law that we will pass needs to put the farmer front and center,” he added. ‘An April, 2020 World Bank report listed the Philippines as the top coconut oil producing country followed by Indonesia, India, Vietnam, and Mexico.
PSA data also shows that of the top 10 agricultural exports of the country, three are coconut products . In an episode of Agri Tayo, the senator’s online show on agriculture, former health secretary Dr. Jaime Galvez-Tan shared that three tablespoons of VCO, together with vitamin C, zinc, and melatonin, effectively stopped the transmission of the disease at the hospital and community level.
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