The Department of Agriculture Philippine Rural Development Project (DA PRDP) Planning at the Local and National Levels (I-PLAN) Bicol recognized its top-performing provincial partners and inter-agency convergence supporters during the Regional Project Coordination Office (RPCO) V Provincial Project Management and Implementation Unit (PPMIU) I-PLAN 2023 Year-End Assessment and 2024 Strategic Planning. DA PRDP I-PLAN Bicol … read more »

Before 2023 comes to an end, the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project Regional Project Coordination Office CALABARZON (DA-PRDP 4A) assessed and reflected on its accomplishments and activities this year.  The infrastructure component reported a total of 28 approved subprojects costing Php 2.66 B. Meanwhile, the enterprise component also has a total of … read more »

Amadeo is a municipality in Cavite that is well-known for its coffee. For decades, farming and selling coffee have sustained several families financially, and to this day, some are still relying on the same coffee trees back in the day. In 2020, the Amadeo coffee industry almost met its demise when the Taal Volcano eruption … read more »

The Provincial Government of Marinduque officially turned over the Deed of Donation of DA-PRDP subprojects to its respective Proponent Groups (PGs), December 14, 2023. These enterprises, which support the arrowroot and coconut industry in the province, have a total worth of Php22 million and benefit more than 1,500 local farmers. Upon the turnover of the … read more »

DA-PRDP MIMAROPA RPCO held its 2023 Year-End Assessment and Planning Workshop last November 21-24 at Cubao, Quezon City. This event was attended by Proponent Groups and LGUs in the region, and aimed to present accomplishments for the year, along with further preparations for PRDP Scale-Up in 2024. In her welcome remarks addressed via Zoom, Regional … read more »

In the second week of the 16th World Bank Implementation Support Mission (WB ISM), representatives from the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) and the WB formally conducted site visits to select subprojects (SPs) in the CALABARZON and Bicol regions from November 13-15, 2023. The Bank, together with the DA-PRDP National Project … read more »

Agriculture is a major contributor to the economy of Cawayan, Masbate. About 852.22 hectares of its land area is planted with rice while 77.44 hectares is devoted to coconut production. Livelihood of about 4,652 population in the municipality is dependent on agriculture and fishing with its land use categorized into various commodities like coconut, vegetables, … read more »

Selling their produce was once challenging for Lolita Alcantara, treasurer of the Tambubo San Andres Agrarian Reform Cooperative in Brgy. San Andres Balud, Masbate. “Dati ang hirap po talaga, kami po ang naghahanap ng buyer. Kung sino po ‘yung buyer, pupuntahan namin doon para sila na po ang pupunta sa bahay namin at saka gumagastos … read more »

The World Bank implementation support mission team visited the Luisiana Tablea Factory enterprise subproject in Brgy. San Jose, Luisiana, Laguna. The Php 8.5-M-subproject seeks to develop the cacao industry in Luisiana by enabling its proponent group, the Luisiana Cacao Grower Producer’s Cooperative (LCGPC), to add value to their harvested cacao through processing and marketing at … read more »

The Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) Project Support Office (PSO) South Luzon Procurement Unit organized a training and workshop on Systematic Tracking of Exchanges in Procurement (STEP) and an introduction to Contract Management System (CMS) with their counterparts, together with the I-BUILD Component and Finance and Geotagging and Governance Units, from … read more »