Almost ten years since PRDP was established in the Philippines through the Department of Agriculture, the methods and processes used to implement interventions have demonstrated economic progress among farming communities.

With more than 4.8M individuals benefiting from the project, one of PRDP’s best practices is the planning and budgeting of interventions using the Provincial Commodity Investment Plan (PCIP) in its I-REAP and I-BUILD components.

PCIPs are formulated using science-based tools including value chain analysis, integrated spatial planning, climate resiliency assessment, social and environmental safeguards, and biodiversity screening.

The PCIP’s significance has expanded beyond DA-PRDP. These have been instrumental in mobilizing resources to support the agricultural sector in funding interventions needed for the value chain upgrading of priority commodities, which are currently supported by sources other than PRD.

Proof of this is the cooperation of ten different government agencies – ATI, DENR, BAI, DTI, DPWH, DAR, DOST, NIA together with the provincial governments of La Union and Ilocos Sur, during the leveraging workshop hosted by the RPCO 1 I-PLAN component on August 31 to September 1, 2023 in Baguio City.

Outputs of the workshop were presented and critiqued to validate primarily the non-duplication of projects and to designate interventions that can be handled by a more suitable agency, all based on the PCIP.

In Region 1, the top ten priority commodities are onion, mango, corn, bangus, peanut, tilapia, garlic, tomato, cacao, mungbean, and chicken. (Joan Dapidap, RPCO1 InfoACE Writer)