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Mainstreaming PRDP’s Enterprise Operations Manual

Following the Department of Agriculture’s directive to institutionalize the processes of the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP), Regional Project Coordination Office XIII’s (RPCO 13) I-REAP component and Project Support Office (PSO) Mindanao conducted an orientation on I-REAP’s Operations Manual and the PRDP Scale-Up on January 31 – February 1, 2023 at Butuan City, Agusan del … read more »

DA XII to use M&E tool of PRDP

The Department of Agriculture (DA) XII intends to intensify its efforts to have an effective monitoring and evaluation tool on its project implementation. Recently DAXII conducted a training on Rapid Appraisal of Emerging Benefits (RAEB) in General Santos City, January 24-27, 2023, to its project engineers and banner program coordinators and staff. RAEB is introduced … read more »

RPCO 12 Provides Technical Assistance on Infra SP Preparation

One of the good practices of the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) is ensuring that proposals are in line with their infrastructure standards. Recently, the Regional Project Coordination Office XII facilitated the “Joint Technical Review and Technical Assistance to Local Government Units (LGUs) in the review of Documents” in Koronadal City. This activity aimed to … read more »

Sharing Knowledge, Sharing Opportunities

Knowledge can go a long way when shared as this can open new opportunities and bring development to those who receive it. While seaweed farming has been facing many challenges such as poor quality seedstock, disease and the rampant use of fertilizers, studies have been conducted to combat these problems by identifying their root cause … read more »

Groundbreaking for Tandubas Infra Project

Tandubas, Tawi-tawi-The farmers and fisherfolks in Tandubas will soon benefit from improved agricultural productivity after the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reform – Philippine Rural Development Project – Regional Project Coordination Office BARMM broke ground on the construction of five infrastructure projects in the municipality on January 16, 2022. Deputy Project Director Ammal D. … read more »

Brewing Conflict No More

After years of insurgency and armed combat, the people of Sulu are now shifting their story away from conflict through coffee. Qahwa Sug or Sulu coffee has a long history rooted in the Province of Sulu. It has been part of the people’s culture, in social gatherings and even religious rituals where they are traditionally … read more »

Firming Up on Institutional and Fiduciary Accountability

With a robust pipeline of projects in Mindanao with the PRDP Scale-up, MIADP, and FishCoRe, the World Bank highlighted the need to strengthen existing systems for procurement, contract management, and accounting. To support this call to firm up on existing institutional structures and fiduciary units, the World Bank Team conducted the “Technical Discussions on Institutional … read more »

Mainstreaming Economic and Financial Analysis

Regional Project Coordination Office (RPCO) XIII’s I-REAP component starts the year off strong with its first mainstreaming activity. Launching off of the directive to mainstream PRDP processes, the component conducted a Training Workshop on Economic and Financial Analysis (EFA) in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte from January 17 – 20, 2023. The training-workshop aims to … read more »

I-REAP Coordination and Planning Workshop

One PRDP, One Mindanao. This was the mantra for PRDP Mindanao’s IREAP component as they converged in Surigao City for the PSO-RPCO IREAP coordination meeting and strategic planning workshop. The three-day event, which was spearheaded by the Project Support Office Mindanao’s enterprise development team aims to come up with strategies to fast track the completion … read more »

PRDP holds CITIZEN MONITORING TRAINING in Tampakan Town

The Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) road project beneficiaries and barangay officials of Barangay Lampitak and Barangay Albagan in the town of Tampakan were empowered with their participation in project implementation. This was after learning their duties and responsibilities as part of the Citizen Monitoring Team (CMT) during the training conducted by the Regional Project … read more »