Infrastructure, PRDP, Department of Agriculture The 1.34 kilometer concreted road network in the Kinoguitan town in Misamis Oriental serves the coconut farming community who now experience ease in the transport of their produce. (DA-PRDP Mindanao)

Region 10 leads in PRDP’s infra development

Date Published: February 21, 2018

Northern Mindanao cornered the biggest infrastructure development investment worth P1.78 billion under the DA’s Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) Mindanao cluster.

The amount is 22% of the total Mindanao portfolio according to recent report which is allotted for 34 projects of farm-to-market road, bridges, potable water system, and postharvest facilities in the provinces of Bukidnon, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Oriental and Misamis Occidental.

Region 11 comes second with P1.71 billion for 38 projects; followed by Region 13 worth P1.54 billion for 24 projects; Region 9 with P1.38 billion for 18 projects; Region 12 with P1.35 billion for 47 projects; and ARMM with P365.61 million for 13 projects.

“This road will benefit farmers in transporting their products not only in our barangay but other upland villages as well,” said Barangay Captain Marilyn Macabinlar of Panabol, Kinoguitan, Misamis Oriental who has benefitted from the concreting of 1.34 km Panabol-Buko farm-to-market road amounting to P15.08 million.

To date, the Mindanao cluster has total portfolio of P8.14 billion for 174 infrastructure projects in various stages of implementation under the Intensified Building Up of Infrastructure and Logistics for Development (I-BUILD) component.

A total of 48 subprojects have been completed worth P1.30 billion. While the remaining P5.39 billion was allocated for the 73 on-going subprojects and the P1.45 billion for 53 under procurement subprojects.

Overall, there are 118 subprojects under farm-to-market-road (FMR) of 652.31 km worth P7.04 billion; 7 FMR with bridge with combined length of 43.65 km and 324.6 linear meter worth P710.77 million; 2 communal irrigation systems serving 150 km worth P36.68 million; 18 Level 2 portable water systems worth P99.71 million that will benefit 4,408 households; and 29 postharvest facilities worth P250.73 million.

I-BUILD component supports the development and linking of priority commodity value chains in project areas that will benefit producers, traders and rural population in general.

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