DA-PRDP completes fund transfer to SoCot cassava enterprise subproject
AGRICULTURE • 17:25 PM Sun Mar 5, 2017
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By:
Carl Ulysses Aguillon, DA-PRDP RPCO 12 InfoACE Unit
Officials and the recipients of cassava production and marketing program from PRDP. (da-12)
KORONADAL CITY - The Polo
Samahang Nayon Multi-Purpose Cooperative (Polo SN MPC) and the
member-cooperatives of the cassava cluster of South Cotabato finally received
the last tranche of the P39-M Production and Marketing of Cassava Granules
Project of the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP).
The checks worth
P2.2-Million were the last tranche of the fund transfer from World Bank,
Philippine Government and the Provincial Local Government Unit of South
Cotabato as part of the cassava enterprise subproject.
South Cotabato Gov. Vicente De Jesus, representatives from the PRDP’s Project Support
Office-Mindanao (PSO Mindanao) and Regional Project Coordination Office 12
(RPCO 12) led the turn-over of checks to the lead proponent group, Polo SN MPC,
and its cluster members.
Now that the entire 39 million pesos fund for this
project was already downloaded to us, our members will be surely inspired to
continue their venture in cassava and PRDP, Elbert Damerez, Polo SN-MPC chairperson said.Aside
from this recent development, the lead proponent group also reported the
completion of the construction of the three solar driers with warehouses and
the vermicast facility.
The
lead proponent group and the four cluster members already received the
tractors, cassava granulators and chippers and other materials for the
production support.
South
Cotabato’s cassava industry provides livelihood to more than 40,000 farmers in the
province. The province has the highest average yield per hectare in the country
with 34.51 metric tons produced.
The
feed mill industry in the region is the main market for the cassava chips and
granules, which are processed for animal feeds, with Polo SNMPC aiming to
supply the required volume.
PRDP
is a six-year government platform designed for an inclusive, value
chain-oriented and climate-resilient agriculture and fisheries sector. It will
be implemented by the Department of Agriculture and jointly funded by the World
Bank, national government and local government units.