Hundreds of coconut planters protested in front of the Phi­lip­pi­ne Coco­nut Aut­ho­rity in Le­gazpi City, Albay on August 20 to demand a dialogue, aid, increase in the farmgate prices of copra, and the immediate return of the coco levy fund.

The protest coincided the 47th year of the Presi­dential Decree 27 which imposed the collection of coco levy funds on farmers. The coco levy fund now amounts to approximately ₱76-100 bil­lion.