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defined.EXECUTIVESUMMARY812161619212224273131353740404142434412IntroductionVISION,MISSION,

GOALS,

ANDTARGETS2.1

CocoCoir2.1.1

CocoCoirIndustryTargets2.2

Virgincoconutoil(VCO)2.2.1

VCOindustrytargets2.3

CocoSugar2.3.1

CocoSugarIndustryTargetsSTRATEGICPROGRAMSANDPROJECTS3.1

CocoCoirPrograms

andProjects3.2

VCOPrograms

and

Projects3.3

CocoSugarProgramsandProjectsSTATEOFTHEHCVPINDUSTRY4.1

CocoCoirIndustry344.1.1

IndustryProcessingCapacity4.1.2

Market4.1.3

TwinChallenge4.1.4

BridgingtheGaps4.1.5

CocoCoirupdatedthe

ValueChain

map4.2

VCOStateoftheIndustry454849525255565959594.2.1

IndustryProcessingCapacity1.1.1

Market1.2

CocoSugarStateof

theIndustry1.2.1

IndustryProcessingCapacity1.2.2

Markets2HVCPINDUSTRYCONSTRAINTSANDOPPORTUNITYANALYSIS2.1

CocoCoirIndustryConstraintsand

OpportunityAnalysis2.1.1

National

IndustryCOA22.1.2

RegionalCOA63682.2

VCOIndustryConstraintsandOpportunityAnalysis2.2.1

National

IndustryCOA2.2.2

RegionalCOA:68712.3

CocosugarIndustryConstraints

andOpportunityAnalysis2.3.1

National

IndustryCOA2.3.2

RegionalCOA77778234HVCPINDUSTRYROADMAP(2022-2030)3.1

Cococoirroadmap(2022-2030)3.2

VCOroadmap(2022-2030)3.3

Cocosugarroadmap(2022-2030)RECOMMENDATIONS89899194964.1

CocoCoir964.2

VCO984.3

Cocosugar9956APPENDICES1001001031115.1

CocoCoir-ValidatedSWOTMatrixpercluster5.2

CocoSugar-ValidatedSWOTMatrixperclusterLISTOFREFERENCES:3LISTOFTABLESTITLETABLEPAGE12ValidatedGoals-CocoCoirIndustryValidatedCocoCoirIndustryStrategic

Objectives(Consultationforum,2021)1820345ValidatedVCO

IndustryStrategicObjectives(2021)ValidatedGoalsforCocoSugarIndustryValidatedCocosugar

industrystrategicobjectives(Consultationforum,2021)2326296789Validatedprogramsand

projects

forcococoir

industryValidatedprogramsand

projects

fortheVCO

industryValidatedprogramsand

projects

forthecocosugarindustryNumberofdecorticating/coirprocessingplantsbyregioninthePhilippines,20213235374110Averageannualvolumeandgrowthrateof

cococoirbythreeleadingcountryexportersinthe

world,2009–2019Exportvolumeandvalueofbaledcoir,Philippines,2009–2020NumberofVCOprocessorsacrossgeographiclocationsin

thePhilippines

(2021)421112435013Numberofoperatingcoconutsugarprocessingplantsacrossregionsinthe

Philippines,2020551415CoconutSapSugar

ExportandImportData(2017-2020)Exportvolumeandvalueofcocohoney/syrup,Philippines,2017-201957581617181920ValidatedNational

IndustryLevelConstraintsforCocoCoirValidatedNationalIndustryLevelOpportunitiesforCocoCoirValidatedRegionalIndustryLevelConstraintsforCocoCoirValidatedRegionalIndustryLevelOpportunitiesforCocoCoirValidatedRegionalIndustryLevelConstraintsintheProductionSectorforVCO60616466712122232425ValidatedRegionalIndustryLevelConstraintsintheOperational/Technical

SectorforVCOValidatedRegionalIndustryLevelConstraintsintheMarketingSectorforVCOValidatedRegionalIndustryLevelConstraintsin

FinancialSectorforVCOValidatedRegionalIndustryLevelConstraintsintheInstitutionalPoliciesSectorfor

VCO7273737374ValidatedRegionalIndustryLevelOpportunitiesintheProductionSectorforVCO4LISTOFTABLESTITLETABLE26PAGE74ValidatedRegionalIndustryLevelOpportunitiesintheOperational/Technical

SectorforVCO27ValidatedRegionalIndustryLevelOpportunitiesintheMarketingSector

forVCO7528ValidatedRegionalIndustryLevelOpportunitiesintheFinancialSectorforVCO7529ValidatedRegionalIndustryLevelOpportunitiesintheInstitutional

PoliciesSectorfor

VCO76303132ValidatedNational

IndustryLevelConstraintsforCocoSugarValidatedNational

IndustryLevelOpportunitiesforCocoSugarProposedPAPsforRegionalConstraints:Production/Supply,Operational/Technical,

Marketing,

Financial,InstitutionalPolicies7879843334ProposedPAPsforRegional

Opportunities:Production/Supply,Operational/Technical,

Marketing,

Financial,InstitutionalPolicies8791VCOIndustryProgramsand

Projects5LISTOFFIGURESTITLEFIGUREPAGE123CocoCoirValidatedValueChainMap464950VirgincoconutoilvalidatedvaluechainmapTotalnumberof

VCO

processorsinthe

Philippines

from2020-to2021456ExportvolumeandvalueofVCO,2019-2021ValidatedValueChain

MapofCoconutSugarMarketSharesof

importingcountriesinthe

Philippines'

exportvolumeof

coconut

sugar,2017-20195253547Market

Sharesof

importingcountriesinthe

Philippines'

exportvolumeof

coconut

sugar,202054891011Philippineexportvolumeand

valueof

coco-sugar,

2017-2020CocoCoirRoadmap(2022-2030)VCORoadmap(2022-2030)57909395CocoSugarRoadmap(2022-2030)6LISTOFAPPENDICESTITLEAPPENDIXPAGEABCDEFCocoCoirIndustrySWOTAnalysis101103104106107109StrengthFactorsof

thecoconutsugarindustryWeaknessFactors

oftheCoconutsugarindustryOpportunitiesFactors

oftheCoconutsugarindustryThreatFactorsof

theCoconutsugarindustryValidatedSWOTMatixofCoconutsugarindustry7EXECUTIVE

SUMMARYThe

HVCP,

short

for

the

High-Value

Coconut

Products

(Coco

Coir,

VCO,

andCoco

Sugar)

Industry

Roadmap

2022

-

2030,

elevates

and

aligns

itself

to

thesecond

phase

(2018

to

2021)

two-fold

thrust

of

the

Philippine

ManufacturingIndustry

and

Manufacturing

Resurgence

Program

(MIR-MRP)

Roadmap,

which

isto

–

1)

shift

to

high

value-added

activity

and

investments

in

upstream

industries,and

2)

link

and

integrate

MSMEs

with

large

enterprises

thereby

setting

a

chainreaction

of

broad-based

industrial

development

while

strengthening

further

itscompetitiveness

as

an

emerging

industry.

This

MIR-MRP

Strategy

link

of

theHVCP

Roadmap

22-30

effectively

aligns

itself

to

the

current

administration’sPhilippine

Development

Plan

and

the

Philippine

commitments

to

SustainableDevelopment

Goals

(SDG),

and

more

specifically,

this

roadmap

coheres

with

theCoconut

Farmers

and

Industry

Road

Map

(Coco

FIRM)

2021

-

2040.

Together,these

documents

for

partof

thebasisfor

the

enactmentand

implementationofRA11524or

the

CoconutFarmersandIndustry

TrustFundActof

2020.Anchored

on

the

unified

VISION

of

the

coconut

industry

that

is

to

have

a“resilient,

secure,

sustainable,

and

globally

competitive

coconut

industry

withempowered

and

prosperous

farmers,”

the

industry

intends

to

develop

agro-industrial

businesscorridors

(ABCs)

withsynergistic

andinclusiveintegrationof

allstakeholders.

With

the

three

promising

HVCP

product

formats

energized

by

theenactment

of

the

RA

11524

of

2021,

the

entire

industry

is

strategically

positionedfor

local

and

global

markets.

Hence,

it

is

timely

that

the

HVCP

industry

sector

tracksits

course

of

priorities

to

take

advantage

of

the

emerging

development

opportunitiesarounditsmarket

andpolicyenvironment.The

virtual

consultation

forum

held

last

December

9-13,

2021,

participated

byvarious

value

chain

(VC)

players

and

stakeholders

of

the

industry,

generated

aboutfive

crosscutting

goal

statements

expressing

the

industry

priorities

from

eachproduct

format

(Coir,

VCO,

and

Coco

sugar)

groupings.

The

scope

ranges

fromVC

integration

and

development,

processing

technology

enhancement,organizational/institutional

strengthening

&

capacity

building,

and

the

need

to8pursue

expansive

diversification

and

opening

new

domestic

and

internationalmarkets.

The

central

target

for

each

product

format

is

the

urgency

of

establishing,standardizing,

and

harmonizing

competitive

quality

definition,

which

is

the

case

ofconcern

for

both

Coco

Coir

and

VCO.

High

in

the

priorities

and

targets

also

forcoco

sugar

is

the

need

to

position

the

product

in

the

market

as

anatural

sweetenerand

not

justanordinarysugar.

The

necessityof

re-engineeringits

market

positionas

a

natural

sweetener

is

to

deflect

itself

from

a

head-on

market

collision

coursewith

traditional

sugar.

Gearing

from

the

initial

market

acceptance,

cost

competitionwith

traditional

sugar

might

just

erode

its

significant

traction

of

success

as

anindustry.The

virtual

forum

also

generated

and/or

validated

the

strategic

goals

of

eachHVCP

industry

product

format

and

derived

the

various

industry

targets,

which

werethen

connected

to

as

many

objectives

as

were

required

to

ensure

that

each

onesupports

the

achievement

of

the

strategic

goals.

Next,

appropriate

plans,

activities,and

projects

(PAPs)

were

drawn

as

strategic

action

steps

to

attain

the

industrygoals.

The

numbers

and

scope

of

the

PAPs

largely

depend

on

the

nature

of

theobjectives

under

consideration.

In

addition,

clustering

these

objectives

under

agiven

goal

serves

as

a

basis

for

prioritizing

what

is

actionable

from

the

vantagepoint

of

time

and

available

resources.

Then

finally,

everything

converges

inidentifying

and

crafting

the

strategic

action

steps

of

the

PAPs

across

HVCP

productformats,

which

then

provides

the

conceptual

and

structural

basis

for

generating

theHVCPIndustryRoadmap.Gleaning

from

the

coco

coir

industry

Roadmap

(2022-2030),

it

starts

with

theessentiality

of

establishing

and

harmonizing

product-market

quality

standards

andmassive

and

industry-wide

capacity

building

and

promotion

by

2022

-

2024.Onwards,

there

is

a

need

to

support

the

momentum

with

market

expansion

anddiversification.

To

institutionalize

a

more

sustainable

value

chain

governance

forcococoirprocessors,thereisalsoaneedto

createand/ororganizetheCocoCoirIndustry

Council

in

different

geographic

locations

and

federate

to

become

a

nationalcouncil.

These

councils

will

catalyze

growth

across

locations

and

help

localizeindustry

policiesreflectiveof

thespecific

contextinevery

Region.

Then

finally,theroadmapaims

to

haveexpanded

to

otherhigh-valuemarketsand

toestablishandoperateahusked-basedfibreboardprocessingplantby

2030.9In

the

case

of

Virgin

CNO,

the

industry

aims

to

“become

a

global

producerof

high

quality,

competitive,

therapeutic,

and

sustainable

VCO

compliant

withacceptable

global

standards”

by

2030.

Actualizing

this

industry

vision

would

involvemassive

capacity

building

and

market

expansion

resulting

in

gradual

albeitconsistent

scaling

up

of

processing

capacity

from

micro

to

medium

in

2030.

By2023,

the

Visayas

region

targets

micro-scale

process

VCO

using

400kg-nuts

perday

and

the

integrated

wet

process

by

cream/heating.

By

2024,

Luzon

andMindanao

cluster

regions

would

have

started

processing

VCO

using

400kg-nutsper

day

and

using

the

integrated

wet

process

by

cream/heating

amongmicroprocessors.

Following

the

targets

for

2025

and

2026,

micro

processing

ofVCO

would

have

commenced

using

400kg-nuts/day,

using

the

integrated

wetprocess

by

freezing

across

the

three

islands

(Luzon,

Visayas,

and

Mindanao)producer/processing

clusters.

The

target

for

2028

and

2029

would

focus

on

themedium-scale

processof

utilizing

10,000

kg-nuts

per

day

using

theintegrated

wetprocess

by

fermentation

across

the

three

island

clusters.

Then

the

2030

target

isto

scale

up

the

VCO

processing

to

medium-scale

processors

in

Luzon

andMindanao

cluster

regions

using

600

kg-nut

per

day

using

the

integrated

dry

processthruaDCNroute.Finally,the

coco

sugar

roadmap

envisions

"

establishing

asustainablecocosweetener

industry

with

empowered

coconut

farmers,

processors

traders,

andother

stakeholders

and

position

to

be

the

top

natural

sweetener

brand

in

the

marketby

2030.”

The

immediate

target

for

2022

to

2024

across

all

clusters

is

to

(1)strengthen

the

production

and

processing

sector,

(2)

sustain

capacity

developmentprograms

(both

social

and

technical

skills),

and

(3)

program

for

market

researchand

development,

commercialization,

and

growth,

in

line

with

the

desired

future

forthe

coco

sugar

industry.

Boosting

productive

capacity

through

a

large-scaleplanting

of

hybrid

and

dwarf

coconut

cultivars

for

sap

production

will

be

targeted

by2025.

In

addition,

village-level

coconut

processing

should

be

established

to

boostoutput.

The

construction

of

coconut-based

agricultural

enterprises,

trade

posts,

andcoco

hubs

will

be

a

vehicle

for

intensive

skills

and

capacity

building.

Aggressivemarketing

support

will

be

a

priority

in

Mindanao

from

2022-to

2025

since

most

ofthe

exporters

of

coco

sugar

products

are

from

there.

From

2025

to

2030,

qualitycertifications,

e.g.,

Halal,

Organic,

Fair-Trade

Cert.,

and

others,

shall

have

been10complied

with,

and

FMRs

are

completed

across

key

production

areas

in

the

threeislandclusters.Finally,

the

first-ever

virtual

consultation

to

craft

the

HVCP

Roadmap

2022-2030

was

instrumental

in

articulating

and

documenting

the

goals

and

aspirations

ofthe

industry's

various

value

chain

players

and

stakeholders.

In

addition,

it

laid

downsome

specific,

actionable

steps

that

will

guide

the

development

trajectory

of

theHVCP

industry

in

the

next

ten

years.

Moreover,

this

document

reflects

andadvances

the

significant

national

strategic

recommendations

that

the

KIparticipants

have

adopted

and

agreed

upon

as

the

industry’s

primary

agenda

foraction

inthis

2022

PH

Coconut

Industry

Roadmap

22-30.

The

preceding

are

someof

the

abridged

versions

of

the

key

recommendations

across

HVCP

product

formatsthatwillgenerallydescribethe

directionsof

theindustryinthenexttenyears.111

INTRODUCTIONCoconut

palms

dominate

the

agricultural

landscape

of

69

out

of

the

82provinces

of

the

Philippines,

covering

3.65

million

hectares,

around

a

quarter

of

thecountry's

total

arable

land.

Coconut

contributes

25%

to

the

country's

agriculturalexports,

withanaverageofPHP

91.4Byearlyexport

earnings

from

2014–to2018(PSA,

2018).

There

are

over

2.5

million

coconut

farmers,

most

of

whom

arelandless

tenants

and

workers

(51%),

and

49%

are

owners.

Income

from

coconutfarming

is

low,

and

over

90%

of

coconut

farmers

live

below

the

poverty

thresholdof

PHP125,775/year

(PSA,RefNo.:2019-053).

Mostcoconutfarmers

inthe2018National

Coconut

Farmers'

Registry

System

(NCFRS)

are

food

insecure

andwithout

social

protection.

Coconut

farms

are

fragmented

and

small;

75%

are

2.0

haand

below;

farms

in

uplands

are

accessibility

constrained

with

accessibility

to

roadsandmarkets.The

production

sector,

the

lifeblood

of

the

industry

and

supplying

thefeedstock

for

thevariouscoconut

value

chains,is

besetwith

problems

arising

fromdecades

of

neglect

and

abuse.

These

problems

include

low

priority

and

budgetallocation

for

the

industry,

a

low

and

unstable

income

for

marginalized

farmers,

andan

inability

to

participate

in/benefit

from

traditional

and

non-traditional

coconut

valuechains.

The

coconut

population

in

the

country

is

98%

native

calls

with

an

averageof

10%

senility.

Around

1.78

million

ha,

or

50%

of

coconut

areas,

are

nutrientdeficient.

The

typical

coconut

farm

is

poorly

managed,

“organic

by

default,”

i.e.,rainfed,

unfertilized,

with

no

regular

pest

and

disease

monitoring

and

control.

At

thesame

time,

improved

tall

and

hybrid

varieties

and

production

technologies

forincreased

productivity

are

available.

Thus,

while

some

15

billion

nuts

are

harvestedannuallyfrom345Mbearingpalms,treeproductivityin2019was

only44nutspertreeperyear,whichismuch

lowercompared

withthe

potentialof

80–150nutspertree

per

year.

The

Philippines

has

the

largest

coconut

area

and

is

the

second

topproducer

in

the

world.

Still,

the

country’s

productivity

per

hectare

remains

the

lowestamongthe

toptencoconut

producers

inthe

world.The

wide

spaces

between

coconuts

and

their

unique

canopy

architecturemake

them

suitable

for

intercropping,

yet

over

80%

of

the

coconut

farms

aremonocropped.

Coconut

areas

can

increase

the

country's

agricultural

output

withoutopening

new

lands.

Intercropping

and

livestock

integration

under

coconut

has

beenproven

to

increase

farm

productivity

and

income

manifold

and

is

an

excellentstrategy

to

increase

farmers'

income

and

welfare

significantly.

However,smallholdercoconut

farmerslack

capitaland

infrastructureand

have

nosustainedaccess

to

formal

credit

sources.

Coconut

farmers'

organizations

that

shouldundertake

collective

action

and

policy

advocacy

activities,

to

voice

their

socio-economic

and

other

concerns

are

the

exception

rather

than

the

norm.

The

lack

ofentrepreneurial

and

leadership

skills

of

farmers'

organizations/cooperatives

that

willenabletheassociation

tosuccessfullyengage

inbusiness

enterprisesneeds

tobeaddressed.

There

are

agribusiness

models

that

coconut

cooperatives

can

adopt(clusteringand

cooperativemanagement,processing,and

marketingthatadheresto

market

standards

on

reliability

and

quality)

that

can

mainstream

farmers'participation

in

agro-industrial

development

corridors.

These

models

includeclustering,

cooperative

management,

processing,

and

marketing

to

enableproducts

to

adheretomarket

standards

ofsupplyreliabilityandquality.The

key

to

sustainable

growth

is

an

assurance

of

a

steady

supply

of

goodquality

coconuts,

the

lifeblood

of

the

various

coconut-based

value

chain

industryclusters.

However,

supply

reliability

limits

the

utilization

of

full

crushing

capacitiesof

oilmills.

About

80%ofthe

coconuts

produced

in

the

country

are

processed

intocopra,

the

feedstock

for

coco

oilmills.

However,

from2009

to2019,the

estimatedyearly

utilization

of

the

oil

mills

ranged

only

from

38-69%

of

the

total

crushingcapacity

of

3.4

M

MT/year

of

60

oil

mills.

In

addition,

there

is

an

increasing

demandfor

other

coconut

products

from

whole

nuts

and

sap,

and

the

magnitude

of

thesupply

deficitincreasesfurther.Addressing

the

strict

quality

requirement

foraflatoxin

and

PAH

levels

by

thecoconut

oil

and

copra

cake

export

markets

is

critical

for

the

industry's

sustainedgrowth.

The

traditional

copra

processing

practiced

by

farmers

using

smoke

kilnsproduces

undercooked

copra

at

15–20%

moisture

content

contaminated

withaflatoxin

with

high

PAH.

Multi-layered

marketing

that

could

take

one

to

threemonths

from

small

upland

farmers

to

millers

results

in

further

physical

and

qualitylosses.

The

Philippines

stands

to

lose

the

export

markets

if

the

country

cannot13comply

with

the

stricter

standards

on

allowable

limits

of

aflatoxin

and

PAH

incoconut

oil

and

copra

cake.

A

radical

transformation

in

the

copra

processingsectors’valuechainsis

aninvestmentthatthe

industrycannot

do

without.Twenty

percent

(20%)

of

the

15

billion

nut

production

is

used

for

themanufacture

of

desiccated

coconut

(DCN),

virgin

coconut

oil

(VCO),

coconutmilk,and

other

uses,

including

for

home

consumption.

In

2018,

22

DCN

processingplants

had

a

combined

capacity

of

841

MT.

The

DCN

factories

are

models

for

large-scale

integrated

coconut

processing

by

recovering

and

processing

coconut

waterinto

exportable

concentrates.

By

crushing

DCN,

virgin

coconut

oil

(VCO)

isproduced

at

volumes

attractive

to

global

players.

The

by-product

of

this

processingoperation

is

coconut

flour.

However,

the

market

for

coconut

water

has

grown

to

thepoint

where

the

coconut

water

from

DCN

factories

is

insufficient

to

meet

the

presentdemands.The

impact

of

climate

change

has

caused

great

devastation

to

many

regions,including

major

production

grids.

It

is

expected

to

remain

a

concern

given

thecountry’s

geographic

location.

The

Philippines

is

ranked

4th

in

the

long-term

climaterisk

index

in

2021,

with

the

highest

number

of

extreme

weather

events

(2009–2019)among

the

top

ten

countries.

Buffering

the

farmers

and

the

industry

from

the

severeimpacts

of

climate-related

risks

and

hazards

should

be

considered

in

designingprogramsandinterventions.Despite

the

backdrop

of

the

struggling

coconut

industry,

subjected

todecades

of

neglectandabuse,

characterized

by

low

farm

productivity,agingtrees,aging

and

food-insecure

farmers

with

no

social

protection,

stiff

competition

frompalm

oil,

and

inefficient

value

chains—there

are

still

many

very

encouragingdevelopments.

Among

these

are

a

growing

recognition

of

the

medical,

therapeutic,and

nutritional

values

of

coconut

products,

particularly

coconut

water,

VCO

andcoconut

flour,

and

coconut

cooking

oil;

expanding

markets

for

coco

coir

and

cocodust

products;

increasing

demand

for

activated

carbon

from

coconut

shell

charcoal;maturing

of

technology

packages

for

producing

white

copra

and

VCO;

andinternational

recognition

for

lambanog.

Essential

factors

that

stimulate

theworldwide

demand

for

non-traditional

coconut

products

(NTCPs)

are

the

growingneed

for

healthier

products,

coir

products,

and

greener

production

processes

and14products.

The

global

demand

for

these

NTCPs

is

expected

to

grow

at

a

CAGR

of5.86%

to

10.04%.

There

is

still

low

domestic

consumption

of

coconut

RBD

oil

ascooking

oil

due

to

the

influx

of

imported

low-priced

palm

oil,

canola

oil,

soybean

oil,and

corn

oil,

and

low

utilization

of

coconut

oil

as

raw

material

in

oleochemicalproduction.

Policy

to

increase

the

biodiesel

blend

from

2–5%

and

reimplementationof

EO

259

to

allow

local

production

of

coco

fatty

alcohol

for

the

local

detergentindustryare

expectedto

increase

domesticutilization

ofcoconutoil.The

domesticdemand

for

VCO

will

remain

high,

especially

with

the

disclosure

of

the

DOST

onthe

potential

benefits

of

VCO

on

COVID

patients

and

the

high

possibility

ofcombating

African

Swine

Flu.

The

same

trend

is

expected

for

coir

due

to

its

widerange

of

uses.

However,

the

local

demand

for

coco

sugar

growth

may

be

slow-moving

due

to

the

reliance

on

sugarcane-based

sweeteners,

which

are

relativelycheaper.

Thesameis

truefor

coconut

water

sincelocal

consumers

preferdrinkingwaterfrom

freshyoungnutsrather

thanpackagedones.The

continuing

planting

and

replanting

program,

supported

by

the

PCA'sseed

production

and

hybridization

program,

is

predicted

to

increase

coconutproduction,

breaching

16

billion

nuts

by

2025,

the

country’s

highest

production.

Inaddition,

participatory

on-farm

hybridization

using

assisted

pollination

techniques

isafarmer-inclusiveprogramthatcan

be

replicatedand

upscaledfurthertoincreaseour

utilization

of

suitable

varieties

and

hybrids,

thus

increasing

the

country’s

nutproductionpoten