Philippine Coconut Authority

The Philippine Coconut Authority (Filipino: Pangasiwaan sa Niyog ng Pilipinas,[1] abbreviated as PCA or PHILCOA) is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture (from 2014 to 2018, under the Office of the President of the Philippines and the Office of the Cabinet Secretary) responsible for developing the coconut and other palm oil industry to its full potential in line with the new vision of a united, globally competitive and efficient industry.

It absorbed and assumed the powers and functions, including the personnel and assets of the then defunct CCC, PHILCOA, and the PHILCORIN.

Philippine Coconut Authority became an independent public corporation on July 14, 1976 pursuant to Presidential Degree No.

116, the Philippine Coconut Authority was officially declared as an attached Agency of the Department of Agriculture (DA).

[5] The declaration of transfer to DA from the Office of the President was enacted to provide overall coordination and monitoring of policies and programs of various sectors in agriculture.

[8] A 2014 report indicated that the Philippine Coconut Authority had partnered with the Bureau of Fisheries and Agriculture in a Food-For-Work programme designed to provide sustainable sources of livelihood for people impacted by the 2013 Bohol earthquake.

Administrator Dexter Respicio Buted, Sec. Cristina Aldeguer-Roque & Toff de Venecia