Left: The proposed rehab of 3-km PRDP farm-to-market road project in Brgy. Subasta in Calinan, Davao City will be linked to the existing cacao drying facility funded under the DA-High Value Crops Development Program. Subasta is renowned as one of the country's leading producers of quality cacao beans. (Photo by: Ronell Tangonan/DA-XI) Board approves P432.8-M road projects in Region 11
Date Published: November 13, 2015
The Davao regional project advisory board (RPAB) of the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) has recently approved a total of P432.8-million farm-to-market road (FMR) projects.
The four approved FMR projects were: Rehab of 10.23 km Sonlon-Camansa FMR in Asuncion, Davao del Norte amounting to P143.5 -million; Concreting of 11.47 km Barayong-Mabini-Bala FMR in Magsaysay, Davao del Sur – P136.75-million; Rehab of 11.47 km Poblacion-Naboc FMR in Monkayo, Compostela Valley – P117.05; and Rehab and construction of 3.2 km FMR Purok 4-6 and 8 in Brgy. Subasta, Calinan, Davao City – P35.5-million.
PRDP is a special project of the Department of Agriculture (DA), which aims to promote an inclusive, value-chain oriented agriculture and fisheries development.
RPAB, which evaluates and approves project proposals for PRDP funding in the region is chaired by the DA regional director Remelyn R. Recoter with members from the DPWH, DAR, DENR, DILG and DTI.
Davao del Norte planning chief Josie Jean Rabanos said the proposed Sonlon-Camansa FMR will reduce half of the travel time for transport of high-value crops such as cacao and cardaba banana.
“It will also reduce transport and hauling cost from P300 to P200-250. We are also expecting expansion of farm production areas from 1,634 to 2,947 hectares as road access encourage farmers to produce more crops,” she said.
Meanwhile Magsaysay Mayor Arthur Davin said the concreting of the Barayong-Mabini-Bala FMR in his town would facilitate development of commodity value chain from input provision, farming, processing and marketing of products such as cacao, rubber, mango, coconut, and banana.
Romeo Celeste, planning chief of Compostela Valley Province said the rehab of Poblacion-Naboc FMR in Monkayo is expected to reduce half of transport and hauling cost from P40 to P20. It will also reduce travel time of farm commodities especially rubber cup lump from 30 to 15 minutes.
“The FMR project in Brgy. Subasta on the other hand will further boost the cacao production in the area and will link beneficiaries of DA-funded drying facility and cacao center to the buying centers in Calinan proper,” DA regional director Remelyn Recoter said.
Recoter said that approved subprojects will be endorsed to the Mindanao and national project offices for review and issuance of No Objection Letter.
While PRDP fast tacks implementation of various subprojects it also ensures that quality standards and transparency mechanisms are observed.
“The program adopts science-based tools such as geo-tagging to monitor each phase of project cycle. It also uses value chain analysis to check that infrastructure project are within the identified priority value chain in the area,” she said. (Noel T. Provido/DA-XI).
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