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Six LGUs in Region XII eye access to PRDP Scale-UP infra subprojects

GENERAL SANTOS CITY- With the new funding opportunities brought by the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) Scale-Up, six local government units (LGU) in Region XII hoped to access financing for infrastructure subprojects from the said World Bank-assisted project. These LGUs were new to proposing subprojects under the infrastructure development component of PRDP Scale-Up. The LGUs … read more »

DA-PRDP Assesses Abaca Value Chain Analysis in Sarangani

The value chain analysis (VCA) is a vital tool used by the DA PRDP to identify priority interventions for specific commodities, such as abaca. With this, a combined team from PSO Mindanao and RPCO 12 I-PLAN and M&E conducted a value chain analysis for abaca together with the Provincial Project Management and Implementing Unit (PPMIU), … read more »

Mindanao Farmers Secure P8-M Sales at PH Coffee Expo

Mindanao coffee farmers successfully secured P8 million in negotiated sales during the Philippine Coffee Expo 2023 held at the World Trade Center Manila. This came after the Department of Agriculture’s – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) In Mindanao featured and linked their 11 coffee farmer-beneficiaries to various buyers during the recent Philippine Coffee Expo (PCE) … read more »

Stirring Up Support for the Mindanao Coffee Industry

Through their Convergence Initiative under the Subcomponent 1.2, PRDP Mindanao’s I-PLAN Component has provided increased market linkages for coffee stakeholders in Mindanao. The convergence for coffee brings together farmers, entrepreneurs, institutional buyers, local government units, the academe, private corporations, and other government line agencies. PRDP Mindanao partnered with the Department of Trade and Industry to … read more »

Promoting Transparency Through Geotagging

Maguindanao enterprise proponent groups gathered in General Santos City to train on the use of PRDP’s geotagging tool on May 23-26, 2023. The applied geotagging tool (AGT) is a mobile phone application developed and used by PRDP to promote transparency and accountability of their subprojects. By associating geographical location data with digital media, PRDP is … read more »

Building a Unified and Competitive Cacao Industry in Mindanao

Mindanao cacao stakeholders converged in Davao City for the second round of the PRDP Consultation and Workshop for Cacao Proponent Groups on May 22-26, 2023. The activity, which was first conducted by PRDP Mindanao’s I-REAP component using the Mindanao C.A.F.E. or Convergence of Agriculture and Fishery Enterprise platform last November 25, 2022, aims to strengthen … read more »

BETTER ROAD with FMR

Better road will soon help farmers market their produce faster with better quality in Magsaysay, Davao del Sur. This came after, DA-PRDP groundbreaks the Farm to Market Road subproject in Barangay Bacungan, Dalumay, Malawanit and Glamang in Magsaysay Davao del Sur. The P174.7M FMR has a length of 8.81 km is funded under DA-PRDP with … read more »

WEEDING OUT CONSTRAINTS

Tawi-Tawi Seaweed Production Proponent Groups (PGs) meet with PSO and RPCO-BARMM during a “listening tour” held May 24 in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi. Listening tour is an initiative of PRDP PSO Mindanao and RPCO-BARMM to simply listen, hear concerns, identify constraints, and build rapport among their key stakeholders. Dr. Aidarus Nami, MAFAR-BARMM Provincial Director for Tawi-tawi, commends … read more »

Enhanced Facility, Increased Productivity

Around P7.75 million worth of interventions from DA-PRDP aims to increase cacao farmer-member beneficiaries’ income through the enhancement of the tablea processing and marketing enterprise project of the Maragusan Multipurpose Cooperative (MAMPCO) in the municipality of Maragusan, Davao de Oro. Initially, an air-conditioned delivery van was already procured and was included in the recent blessing … read more »

Mindanao RAEB Team Participate in Skills Enhancement Training

PRDP Mindanao wrapped up the Skills Enhancement Training on Data Analytics on May 12, 2023 at the Eden Nature Park, Davao City. The training, which was spearheaded by the PSO Mindanao Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, was conducted to enhance the data gathering and data generating skills of the RAEB team in the Mindanao Cluster. The … read more »