PROSPERIDAD, AGUSAN DEL SUR, Philippines — Young farmer-entrepreneur Japhet Gupit Tabale, owner of Cacao Prince products, is proving that agriculture and technology can thrive together as he uses artificial intelligence (AI) to market and expand his cacao business across the country. A graduate of business administration and computer science, the Bayugan City native integrated e-commerce and AI into their family’s third-generation cacao enterprise that was started in the 1970s by his grandmother. The 2.5-hectare farm in the mountain village of Magkiangkang now focuses on hybrid cacao varieties that produce bigger beans, hence a higher yield, and have stronger resistance to […]... Keep on reading: Soil engineering allows agriculture to flourish in Agusan del Sur