The Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) Scale-up held a business conference (BizCon) for highland vegetables in CAR on March 21, 2024. To further strengthen the PRDP’s collaboration with various key local stakeholders in the vegetable industry, farmers cooperatives and associations (FCAs) and private agribusiness entities (PAEs) including technology innovators were invited … read more »

In a bid to continue mainstreaming its good practices, processes, and innovations in implementing enterprise interventions into the Department of Agriculture’s attached offices, the DA – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) held a training on business planning for the Field Operations Division (FOD) of the DA – Central Luzon office from March 5-8, 2024 in … read more »

The proposed construction of an onion cold storage in Alcala, Pangasinan, received approval from the Ilocos Regional Project Advisory Board (RPAB) in a meeting last week, February 14th. The cold storage has a total project cost of Php193.6M, with 80% sourced from World Bank loan proceeds and 20% funded by the Department of Agriculture and … read more »

Potato farmers like Johndon Langgawit from Buguias, Benguet have a common, recurring problem: limited access to quality potato planting materials. “Awan ti usto nga pangalaan mi ti similya ti patatas ta mostly ket kurang pay ket nu mabitin, agmula kamin ti sabali [there are no definite sources of good potato planting materials, and if there … read more »

The Kiangan Municipal Local Government can now proceed with the bidding of the Improvement of Lamka-Mappit Farm-to-Market Road (FMR) subproject, after officially receiving the green light from the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) Scale-up. Proposed in support of the local coffee and banana industries, the subproject will provide convenient and safe access for … read more »

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 »