FARM TO MILL The palm oil processing plant in Sirawai can produce 30 metric tons of crude palm oil per hour.—PHOTOS BY DORIS DUMLAO-ABADILLA
When people think of the Consunji empire, monolithic industries immediately come to mind: towering property developments, big construction sites and heavy coal mining operations.
Yet, far from the concrete jungles and extraction sites, the clan has spent decades quietly cultivating a foothold in a sector that many local conglomerates won’t touch with a 10-foot pole: agriculture.
It is a long-game venture that boosts countryside job creation, hidden in plain sight.
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