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Datu David cultivates a 5-hectare coffee farm inside the Manobo-Dulangan ancestral domain in the municipality of Kulaman (now Senator Ninoy Aquino), Sultan Kudarat. Together with his wife Minmin and their three sons James, Joven, and David, Jr., aged 7 to 11, respectively, Datu David also plants rice on a hectare of land and owns additional 5 hectares that remain unutilized. They belong to the Kulaman Manobo-Dulangan Organization (KMDO) presently claiming as their ancestral domain some 26,000 hectares, a large portion of which covers Kulaman and includes the boundaries of the municipalities of Palimbang and Kalamansig, also in Sultan Kudarat.

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SEN. NINOY AQUINO, SULTAN KUDARAT—Nestled 1,120 meters above sea level where the best coffee in southern Philippines are organically grown, Datu Angkay Omot  trims a bunch of robusta coffee beans which are ready for harvest.  “Mao ni ang tamang panahon aron mamaligya og kape tungod kay taas ang presyo”, (This is the time to sell [...]

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Sowing hopes amidst adversities

Jen Paul B. Relacion

February 23, 2011

in News

Juanita Mamo , Bouy (woman tribal leader) of the Manobo-Dulangan Tribal communities in Senator Ninoy Aquino Municipality, Sultan Kudarat underscored the blessings she gained from income of her coffee, traded for this year’s season. “Dako ang kita ko sa kape subong nga tuig, Gahandum pa guid ko nga may dungag pa sini sa umaabot nga [...]

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