The improved 6.16-km Banneng-Darulog-Bawac Farm-to-Market Road implemented under the Department of Agriculture’s Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) was formally inaugurated on February 8, 2024 at barangay Dupligan, Tanudan, Kalinga. Congressman Allen Jesse C. Mangaoang, Governor James S. Edduba, DA-PRDP Project Support Office – North Luzon Deputy Project Director Elma S. Mananes, and DA-CAR OIC-Regional Executive … read more »

The Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) Regional Project Coordination Office 3 (RPCO 3) conducted its enterprise development component, I-REAP, 2023 assessment meeting in Olongapo City, Zambales, on January 10-12, 2024. The RPCO 3 I-REAP, headed by Dr. Maricel Dullas, underscored its accomplishments and targets achieved for 2023. It completed two subprojects … read more »

Following the approval from the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development (DA-PRDP) National Project Coordination Office for the Hog Value Chain Analysis in the North Luzon Cluster (Regions 1, 2, 3, and Cordillera), the Provincial Project Management and Implementation Unit (PPMIU) of Nueva Ecija underwent a workshop on the preparation of the Hog Provincial … read more »

More than three decades ago, a group of farmers from the southern Luzon area of the Bicol Region migrated to the highlands of Bagac, Bataan. They would then organize themselves as the “Samahan ng mga Bicolano sa Bagac”. With the assistance of a non-government organization, they registered with the Cooperative Development Authority in 1993 under … read more »

Many farmers in the Cordillera provinces have benefited from the completion of agricultural infrastructure and enterprise subprojects, which have improved their production, transportation, and market systems. In CAR, the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) has poured in a total of PhP2.73 billion, with 103 completed infrastructure and enterprise subprojects as of December 31, … read more »

Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is of paramount importance in agriculture in the Philippines, and the Central Luzon region is no exception. Typhoons, floods, and droughts; these events can have devastating effects on crops, livestock, and agricultural infrastructure. Worsened by the adverse effects of climate change, the country’s agriculture sector is particularly vulnerable to these disasters, … read more »

Members of the Bonifacio Multi-Purpose Cooperative (MPC) from Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija began their aspiration for their town to be named as the goat capital in their province and someday in the country, as they received a goat enterprise subproject from the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP). Completed in May 2022, the … read more »

Members of the Regional Project Advisory Board (RPAB) in the Ilocos Region approved the proposed establishment of a slaughterhouse in Rosales, Pangasinan on Wednesday, January 10. The subproject has a proposed funding of Php 81,871,831.55 under the Philippine Rural Development Project Scale-Up (PRDP SU) and will be established in Brgy. Cabalaoangan Norte, Rosales, Pangasinan. “Iyong … read more »

The Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) turns over the P17.5-M enterprise subproject to the Catalanacan Multi-Purpose Cooperative (CAMPC) from the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, on December 28, 2023. The said enterprise includes the construction of a new storage facility with garage, two delivery trucks, a flexi-body van, and other … read more »

To evaluate its performance and set and align targets for the coming year, the I-REAP Component of the DA-PRDP North Luzon cluster held a year-end assessment and workshop in Baler, Aurora from December 5-7, 2023. The activity likewise intends to review the roles of support components and units and the process of identifying, validating, and … read more »