The Regional Project Coordination Office V (RPCO V) launched the brand name and logo design contest for the coco water. The contest is part of the World Bank-funded Coco Water Processing Technology Pilot Testing and Business Incubation Project under the sub-component 3.2 of the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) Investments in Rural Enterprises and Agriculture and Fisheries Productivity (I-REAP).

Also known as Mother Nature’s sports drink, coco water will be produced, promoted, and marketed jointly by the Philippine Rural Development Project-Bicol of the Department of Agriculture (DA), the Philippine Center for Post-harvest Mechanization (PhilMech), the Central Bicol State University of Agriculture (CBSUA), and the Provincial Government of Camarines Sur.

The brand name and logo design entries must be completely original and must capture the project objectives to strategically position coco water as an alternative all natural drink especially for the health conscious and athletic types thereby raising farmer’s income thru the Village-level Coconut Water Processing System being pilot tested at the Coco Water Processing Technology Pilot Testing and Business Incubation Facility. The brand name can either be in English, Filipino or Bicolano.

The grand winner will take home P30,000 plus certificate while the 2nd and 3rd prize winners will get P5,000 each plus certificates. All entries will be given certificate of participation.

Contestants can design their entries on either paper or software. They must submit a completed registration form downloadable at http://bicol.da.gov.ph, a copy of one valid ID, and soft copy of their contest entry with 300 dpi/2000×2000 pixels resolution or not more than 4 MB. For those whose medium used is paper, a clear scanned copy of the design in jpg or pdi format should be provided. A brief description of the entry is also required.

Contestants can submit their entries to Mrs. Emilia B. Bordado, InfoACE Unit Head, DA-PRDP Bicol Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office No. 5 San Agustin Pili, Camarines Sur or via email at emilybordado@yahoo.com or darafid5@yahoo.com.

Deadline of submission of entries is on March 27, 2015.

For more information, visit http://bicol.da.gov.ph or http://prdp.da.gov.ph. (Annielyn L. Baleza, I-SUPPORT InfoACE Unit, DA-RAFIS 5)