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DA-PRDP, PLGU Isabela break ground for P252M Digumased-Ayod farm to market road in Dinapigue, Isabela

Dinapigue, Isabela – Officials from the Department of Agriculture Philippine Rural Development Project (DA PRDP) Coordination Office 2 (RPCO2), Provincial Government of Isabela, and the local government unit here initiated the groundbreaking of the Digumased-Ayod, an 8.3km Farm-to-market road with a 200m bridge to help boost the aromatic pigmented rice industry. The project cost is … read more »

DA PRDP-assisted proponent group raises P5.3 M in peanut sales

It’s a win for the Buenavista Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BMPC) based in Santiago City, as they sold 96,458 kilograms of peanut to two (2) institutional buyers worth Php 5,306,829M, says a Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 2 (DA RFO2) chief. Ma. Rosario Paccarangan, chief of the DA RFO Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) in … read more »

Onion cold storage proponent group in Palayan City takes active role in subproject monitoring

The DA-PRDP Regional Project Coordination Office 3 (RPCO 3) facilitated the Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) through Citizens Monitoring Training (CMT) for the selected members of the Kapisanan ng mga Samahang Magsisibuyas ng Nueva Ecija (KASAMNE), held in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija on July 14-15, 2022. Called the Citizens Monitoring Team, these members underwent a two-day … read more »

Km. 49-Ambakian FMR in Benguet notches up to 95% completion rate

The ongoing improvement of Km. 49-Ambakian Farm-to-Market Road (FMR) in Benguet notches up to 95.2% completion rate as of August 11, 2022. Implemented under the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) and the Provincial Local Government of Benguet, the 10.87-kilometer road project, with a total cost of PhP275 million is now serving … read more »

Mayoyao FMR reaches 100% completion, provides better-quality and safer access

With the completion of the “Improvement of the Junction-Alimit-Nattum Farm-to-Market Road,” residents of the barangays covered by the road project are now assured of a better-quality and safer access road. Implemented under the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) and the Provincial Local Government Unit of Ifugao, the completed 4.96-kilometer FMR subproject … read more »

RPCO3 lays disbursement, subprojects’ targets for 2022 during mid-year assessment

To evaluate the disbursement and the subprojects’ status in the region, the DA-PRDP Regional Project Coordination Office (RPCO) 3 led the Mid-Year Assessment with the Provincial, City, and Municipal Project Management and Implementation Units (P/C/MPMIU) in the region last July 6, 2022 in Subic, Zambales. The activity aims to assess the overall implementation of the … read more »

PGs in CAR trained on geomapping and governance tools

Around 30 members of Proponent Groups (PGs) of new Enterprise Development (I-REAP) subprojects underwent a training on the application of geomapping and governance tools from July 13-14, 2022 in Baguio City. The trainees came from several Farmer Cooperatives and Associations with new I-REAP subprojects proposed for funding under the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rural Development Project … read more »

RPCO 3 I-PLAN component holds enhanced operations manual orientation, introduces climate risk factors into PCIP

As one of the initiatives of the DA-PRDP to roll out the I-PLAN Enhanced Operations Manual (e-OM), the Regional Project Coordinating Office 3 (RPCO 3) with the North Luzon Cluster Project Support Office (PSO) I-PLAN counterparts convened an orientation on the e-OM and capacity development on the climate risk and resiliency integration to the Provincial … read more »

DA-PRDP SES Unit holds 2nd quarter assessment, coord meeting

The Social and Environmental Safeguards (SES) Unit of the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) North Luzon cluster held its second quarter assessment and coordination meeting from June 27 to July 1, 2022 at Sta. Ana, Cagayan. On the first day of the meeting, Project Support Office (PSO) SES Unit Head, Emmanuel … read more »

RPCO 2 conducts RAEB in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya

To determine the impact and success of the emerging benefits of the subproject, the Department of Agriculture Philippine Rural Development Project Regional Project Coordination Office 2 (DA PRDP RPCO 2), in collaboration with the Provincial Government of Nueva Vizcaya, jointly conducted a Rapid Appraisal of the Emerging Benefits (RAEB) of Mandarin Production and Marketing Enterprise … read more »