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There is a growing demand for Juan Tamad’s crop

If Juan Tamad was a farmer, guess what he planted? Mung bean. Mung bean or locally known as ‘munggo’ in Filipino and ‘balatong’ in Ilokano is described by Eduardo Balanag, San Fermin ARB MPC manager from Caba, La Union, as the crop of a lazy person. “You just sow the seeds after rice planting and … read more »

Rice is Life: Continuing the legacy of Ifugao’s heirloom rice

A legacy we need to protect and sustain—this is how Ana D. Habbiling, an 85-year-old farmer in Banaue, Ifugao, described heirloom rice as a cultural heritage. “We have been planting the traditional palay ever since we were young. Our parents would always tell us that this rice variety was the only livelihood of our ancestors, … read more »

DA-PRDP North Luzon staff train on data visualization, tech writing

Effectively communicating PRDP’s emerging benefits and impact through comprehensive visuals and compelling narratives is important for establishing support, showing successes and progress, inspiring engagement, and ensuring transparent and accountable practices. With this in mind, the DA-PRDP North Luzon Cluster component and unit staff from the Project Support Office (PSOs) and Regional Project Coordination Offices (RPCOs) … read more »

DA-PRDP conducts second KM 101 training

To firm up its goal of integrating Knowledge Management practice into its existing workflow and strengthen its mainstreaming initiatives into the DA regular system, the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) held its 2nd National Knowledge Management (KM) 101 Training Workshop on October 10-13, 2023 in Olongapo City, Zambales. The activity primarily … read more »

Regional OMAS team undergo retooling on monitoring PRDP infra subprojects

Sustainability of the completed subprojects funded under the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) is a major stage of the project development cycle. One of the ways to achieve this is to ensure that the DA team responsible for overseeing the implementation of operation and maintenance plans at the LGU level is … read more »

Kabayan breaks ground for new DA-PRDP FMR project with bridge

The Municipal LGU of Kabayan, Benguet officially broke ground for the PhP106.60 million-worth Improvement of Balang-Bocao Farm-to-Market Road (FMR) with Vehicular Bridge at barangay Eddet, Kabayan on September 5.  It has a road length of 2.345 kilometers with a vehicular bridge length of 72 linear meters. It is the sole access of Barangay Eddet, servicing … read more »

LGUs in CAR oriented on DA-PRDP Scale-up

Provincial and municipal LGUs in CAR were oriented on the updated guidelines and documentary requirements of the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) Scale-up, held from August 30 to 31 in Baguio City. Some Farmer Cooperatives and Associations (FCAs) also participated in the orientation. The activity was intended to orient existing and … read more »

Partners in dev’t: LGUs, other gov’t agencies meet for leveraging workshop

Almost ten years since PRDP was established in the Philippines through the Department of Agriculture, the methods and processes used to implement interventions have demonstrated economic progress among farming communities. With more than 4.8M individuals benefiting from the project, one of PRDP’s best practices is the planning and budgeting of interventions using the Provincial Commodity … read more »

Enterprise PGs in CAR trained on participatory supervision integrating GRM, GAD principles

Proponent Groups (PGs) of enterprise subprojects implemented under the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) in CAR were trained on participatory supervision integrating the Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) and Gender and Development (GAD). The training was intended to orient the participants on PRDP GRM framework and capacitate them on a gender sensitive participatory management … read more »

DA-PRDP North Luzon holds cluster-wide training on enhanced VCA prep

As part of the effort to effectively operationalize the new and improved ways of planning preparation and processes integrated into the I-PLAN Operations Manual, the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) Project Support Office (PSO) North Luzon held a cluster-wide capacity development training on the Climate Resilient Agro-Oriented Industry Value Chain Analysis … read more »