The Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP), in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology CALABARZON (DOST-CALABARZON) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), trained representatives of its nine enterprise proponent groups on food processing.  This will enable the groups to further improve their processing operations and the quality of their … read more »

Aroroy, Masbate – The town’s Municipal Project Management and Implementation Unit (MPMIU) is gearing up to surpass its own milestone with the impending completion of a P249.18 million subproject funded through the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project’s (DA-PRDP) concreting of San Agustin to Macabug Farm-to-Market Road with Bridge this September, coming three … read more »

To achieve more stable and sustainable enterprises, Some 11 proponent groups that manage enterprise subprojects through the Department of Agriculture  – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) joined training on Enterprise Operations Manual Development. Led by the DA-PRDP Regional Project Coordination Office (RPCO) CALABARZON, the training on Enterprise Operations Manual aims to strengthen the implementation of … read more »

Magarao, Camarines Sur – The Department of Agriculture Philippine Rural Development Project (DA PRDP) I-PLAN component conducted the VCA and CIP Writeshop to capacitate the new members of the Provincial/Municipal/City Project Management and Implementation Unit (P/M/CPMIU) in updating their Value Chain Analysis (VCA) and Provincial Commodity Investment Plans (PCIPs) last August 1-4, 2023. Mary Ann … read more »

Since the Matulatula Agrarian Reform Community Cooperative’s (MARCCO) establishment in 1998, the organization has grown from solely being an auto-savings cooperative to a coop engaged in calamansi processing. This transition, motivated by the will to alleviate the lives of its members, was supported by the nature of the livelihood of its farmer members, along with … read more »

The Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) Regional Project Coordination Office (RPCO) CALABARZON continues its value chain research on agricultural commodities or Value Chain Analyses (VCAs). This is to continuously guide the public and private sectors, particularly local government units and farmers, in developing and proposing agriculture projects. VCAs are studies that … read more »

Rolando C. Jepiga of Brgy. San Isidro Uson, Masbate, used to work as a rice and corn farmer. However, with the rising cost of production inputs like seeds and fertilizers plus the high-priced hauling and fare rates that reach up to P500, Jepiga decided to temporarily give up farming in favor of working as a … read more »

Enterprise Proponent Groups of the Philippine Rural Development Project from Palawan undergo training on Digital Marketing, July 4-5, 2023. This training was attended by members of the Roxas Seed Growers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (RSGMPC) of the Palawan Cashew Processing Center, Aborlan Rainbow Marketing Cooperative of the Banana Trading, Processing and Marketing, and Tagumpay Agrarian Auto Savings … read more »

The Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project Regional Project Coordination Office (DA-PRDP RPCO) MIMAROPA’s Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, in collaboration with the I-PLAN Component, conducted a Regional LGU Module Encoding and Cleansing Workshop at Sequoia Hotel, Manila Bay, July 11-14, 2023. During the four-day event, participants were able to refresh their skills in … read more »

The Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) Regional Project Coordination Office CALABARZON turned over Php 14.3 million worth of enterprise subprojects to coffee and cacao farmer and processor groups in Quezon. The subprojects were the Guinayangan Coffee Processing, turned over to the Guinayangan Coffee Growers Association and Farm Entrepreneurs (G-CAFÉ), and the … read more »