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Amai Manabilang Farmers Represent Bangsamoro in the 2025 Philippine Coffee Quality Competition

The European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP), through the EU-funded Bangsamoro Agri-Enterprise Program – Creating Resilient, Enabling, and Sustainable Entrepreneurship through Collaboration, Empowerment, and Nurturing of Talent (EU BAEP-CRESCENT), proudly congratulates the farmers of the Municipality of Amai Manabilang for their participation in the upcoming Philippine Coffee Quality Competition (PCQC) on May 9–11, […]

MTIT, AAIIBP, and BAEP CRESCENT Convene to Advance PESO Program for MSME Growth in BARMM

Minister Abuamri A. Taddik, Director General Rosslaini Alonto-Sinarimbo, BTI Director Hussein Biruar, EU-BAEP Senior Project Officer Cyril Jerome Almanzor and Amanah Islamic Investment Bank of the Philippines Chairman/CEO Amilbahar P. Amilasan Jr. gathered today at the MTIT Conference Room, Bangsamoro Government Center, Cotabato City, to discuss the latest developments in the Propelling Economic and Sustainable […]

SITTIE AISHA BALT: Cultivating Cacao into the Culture

Competition is often stifled by the presence of titans in the industry, and small enterprises cannot keep up with the machinery of the big ones. This notion is being challenged by a Maranaw woman who is defying the status quo in the chocolate industry, or cacao sector to be more precise. Ms. Sittie Aisha Balt, […]

DR. JALIKA D. MANGACOP: Planting the Seeds of the Coffee Industry

The coffee industry of BARMM is a perfect example where women lead the charge and propagate its growth just like a mother plant would do for coffee. Coffee’s history in the Bangsamoro has been closely intertwined with its rich tapestry as a staple in either conflict resolutions or festive celebrations. One cannot speak about coffee […]

ECCP Launches BAEP CRESCENT Project

The ECCP officially launched the Bangsamoro Agri-Enterprise Program (BAEP) Creating Responsible Competitive Enterprises (CRESCENT) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Agribusiness Sector as one of the implementing partners of the EU-funded BAEP Project on February 15, 2024, in Davao City. The BAEP CRESCENT Project is a 4-year initiative aimed at contributing to […]

ECCP joins the official launch of the Bangsamoro Agri-Enterprise Programme (BAEP)

The European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) team was represented at the official launch of the Bangsamoro Agri-Enterprise Programme (BAEP) in Cotabato City on 15 January 2024. The Bangsamoro Agri-Enterprise Programme (BAEP) is a five-year initiative funded by the European Union through an Agreement with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, […]

BAEP-CRESCENT joins Niyogosyo Fair and Expo 2023

The BAEP-CRESCENT Project was invited to participate in the Niyogosyo Fair and Expo 2023 last December 13, 2023, held at the Mall of Al-nor Annex, Cotabato City.

Mr. Antonio Peralta, BAEP-CRESCENT’s BARMM Program Coordinator, gave a presentation introducing the Project during the event’s afternoon session. He opened his talk by enumerating some issues faced by the region’s agricultural industry, such as the lack of stable electricity. Sharing that the Project was working to help address those issues, Mr. Peralta then presented BAEP-CRESCENT’s summary, objectives, outputs, activities, challenges and opportunities identified, and progress thus far.