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 »

Around 50 coffee growers from six Proponent Groups (PGs) of coffee enterprise development subprojects implemented under the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) in CAR participated in a four-day benchmarking visit to several coffee centers in the region. The PGs who joined in the benchmarking visit were Hojap Multipurpose Cooperative (HMPC) from Ifugao; some … read more »

Local government units (LGU) and farmer cooperatives and associations (FCA), with the assistance of the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) Central Luzon enterprise component, I-REAP, undertook the Business Model Preparation and Workshop for their proposed enterprises under the PRDP Scale-Up on November 21-22, 2023, in Lubao, Pampanga. Proponent groups from Bataan, … read more »

The Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) Regional Project Coordination Office 3 (RPCO 3) convened in an assessment meeting to discuss several concerns regarding the implementation of the project in the region on November 16-17, 2023, in Olongapo City, Zambales. Led by Project Director Dr. Arthur D. Dayrit, RPCO 3 tackled the … read more »

The Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) Central Luzon oriented its enterprise subproject beneficiaries on the Farmers and Fisherfolk Enterprise Development Information System (FFEDIS), Civil Society Organization (CSO) accreditation, and facilitated an Agri-Fishery Credit Forum on November 7-8, 2023 in Tarlac City, Tarlac and on November 9-10, 2023, in Olongapo City, Zambales. … read more »

To look into the effectiveness and level of institutionalization of the Commodity Investment Plan (CIP) at the LGU level, the DA-PRDP Regional Project Coordination Office – CAR, together with the Project Support Office (PSO) North Luzon held an assessment activity in Bontoc, Mountain Province from November 29 – 30, 2023. Various stakeholders were invited to … read more »