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World Bank Team Meets with Admin & SES Units

On the third week of the 14th Implementation Support Mission, the World Bank Team directed their focus tothe the current status of Project staff and the implementation of social and environmental safeguards on June 6, 2022. National Project Coordination Office Admin Unit Head Junibert E. De Sagun presented the current PRDP staffing including the number … read more »

COCOLIFE’s Tree of Life

The Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) recently turned over P27.5 million worth of facilities and equipment to enhance the virgin coconut oil (VCO) and by-product processing and marketing enterprise of the COCOLIFE Multi-Purpose Cooperative (CMPC) in the municipality of Pantukan, province of Davao de Oro. The enterprise support was composed of two hauling … read more »

Road, Enterprise projects uplift lives of farmers in Tudela

The fertile land of the Municipality of Tudela, Misamis Occidental is home to the Subanen tribe who rely on farming for their livelihood. It is in this municipality that the Department of Agriculture Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) implemented both enterprise and infrastructure subprojects to support a thriving cooperative of abaca farmers. The “Rehabilitation/Concreting of … read more »

FMR spurs growth for Zambo Sur Towns

Three municipalities benefitted from the longest farm-to-market road subproject in 1st District Zamboanga del Sur. Josefina, Mahayag and Molave are three municipalities in the 1st district of Zamboanga del Sur province directly benefiting from the 18.22-kilometer farm-to-market road (FMR) of the Department of Agriculture’s Philippine Rural Development Project in Region IX, the longest PRDP FMR … read more »

RPCO-BARMM Turns Over 130-breeding goat stocks to Maguindanao Beneficiaries

The Regional Project Coordination Office of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (RPCO-BARMM) turned over the 130-breeding goat stocks to the beneficiaries in Maguindanao in completion of the six batches of breeding stocks for Sub-project Goat Multiplication, Fattening, Marketing under the Investment for Rural Enterprise for Agri-Fishery Productivity (I-REAP) Component. On May 31, the … read more »

World Bank Commends Mindanao Cluster Accomplishments

The World Bank team lauded the Mindanao Cluster’s accomplishments in the 14th Implementation Support Mission on May 24, 2022. Among the significant accomplishments of the Mindanao Cluster is the “Alalay sa Paghan-ay: PRDP Mindanao Technical Assistance, Recovery and Mentoring Program for LGUs and PGs Affected by Typhoon Odette” which is an initiative taken by the … read more »

Coffee brings golden opportunity to farmers in Sultan Kudarat

There is always a golden opportunity in farming. Roel Toardon of Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat tried many opportunities to earn in agriculture, but he always failed. And when the chance for him to try coffee production came, he immediately grabbed it. “Before, I planted corn but I was just getting small harvest,” he said. When the … read more »

Farmers’ Answered Prayer for a Concrete Road

Farming is hard but the lack of a usable road going to the market makes it harder especially for farmers like the 65-year-old Marcelino Dag-uman. A long-time resident of Barangay Gasa, Zamboanga del Sur, Marcelino can still recall the struggle of transporting their goods to the market in Pagadian City. The only road they had … read more »

PRDP Trains Coffee Ambassadors to Boost Bukidnon Coffee Industry

Coffee farmers from Bukidnon successfully finished their Coffee Production Technology and Agripreneurship Training last March 25, 2022. The training was initiated by the I-PLAN component of PRDP Mindanao in partnership with the Department of Agriculture 10; Nestle Philippines, Inc; and the Provincial Local Government of Bukidnon with the aim of providing coffee farmers in the … read more »

Tandubas Seaweed Farmers Step Up with PRDP Enterprise Support

TAWI-TAWI – To intensify support for seaweed farmers in BARMM, the Philippine Rural Development Project conducted a three-day workshop with seaweed stakeholders in Tandubas last March 18-20, 2022. The activity, which was led by the I-REAP component, included an orientation on the PRDP I-REAP Component, consultations with the Municipal Local Government Unit, Proponent Groups Profiling, … read more »