Despite the limitations brought about by the COVID 19 pandemic, the Mindanao cluster of the Department of Agriculture Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) has managed to stay on track in achieving its project objectives. This was according to the report presented by PSO Mindanao Deputy Project Director Engineer Danilo Alesna during the recently concluded 10th … read more »

The I-BUILD component of DA-PRDP conducted an online coordination meeting  which was attended by the NPCO, and the PSO’s and RPCO’s of the four clusters of the project. Aside from discussions on the findings and recommendations of the previously concluded 10th Implementation Support Mission, the infrastructure component of PRDP focused on their catch-up plan to … read more »

Zamboanga del Norte- DA-PRDP Regional Project Coordination Office IX conducted a punch listing activity of the Salug Small Coconut Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative’s (SASCOFAMCO) communal pigpen. The P727 thousand worth pigpen is part of the infrastructure component of the “Swine Production and Marketing Enterprise ” of which SASCOFAMCO is the lead proponent group (PG) . This … read more »

Value chain analysis (VCA) is one of the innovations that the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) uses to provide farmer-entrepreneurs relevant inputs. VCA helps in identifying and developing the linkages and interrelationships between activities that create value, profitability, and competitive advantage of a certain commodity along the segments of the value chain. A … read more »

Cabadbaran, City | The Department of Agriculture Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) Regional Project Coordinating Office 13 (RPCO 13) together with the Provincial Project Management Implementing Unit (PPMIU) and Barangay Officials of the P148 million 9.2 km Concreting of Bay-ang – Mahaba Farm-to-Market Road (FMR) with 35.80 linear meter bridge in Cabadbaran City, Agusan del … read more »

Kidapawan City-The Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) conducted a progress billing of the I-BUILD subproject Concreting of Sumbac-Onica farm-to-market road (FMR) in Kidapawan City last July 17, 2020. I-BUILD Rural Infrastructure Engineer Anthony Carl Orbe, of PRDP-Project Support Office Mindanao, together with the Regional Program Coordination Office XII staff and the City Government … read more »

Indigenous Ata tribe in a remote village of Tapak in Paquibato District, Davao City now looks forward to a stronger abaca enterprise. This came after the Department of Agriculture through its Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) has turned over P3.8-million funding assistance to Tapak Famers Marketing Cooperative (TFMC) for its Abaca processing and marketing project. … read more »

July 17, 2020 |  Representatives from the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rural Development Project’s (DA-PRDP) PSO Mindanao I-REAP component and SES unit together with RPCO9 personnel gathered in Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte to validate the proposed “Abaca Production, Processing and Marketing” sub-project for Siocon Abaca Service Providers Association, Inc. (SASPAI), the sub-project’s business plan was presented … read more »

Davao del Norte-Organic farming community in the Davao del Norte will soon be given a boost as it responds to consumers’ clamor for healthier and safer food. This came after the groundbreaking of P9.5-million Organic Production Center with common service facility in Barangay Bobongon, Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte under Department of Agriculture through its Philippine … read more »

At long last, the 63 year old island municipality of Olutanga (Zamboanga Sibugay), begins construction on the biggest road concreting project worth P110 million from the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP). The 6.15 km farm-to-market road (FMR) will start at Barangay Gandaan, which is a coconut  production area, after which it passes through … read more »