Download - Palawan AMT Progress Report (Jan-June 2012)
Peoples Development Institute
Progress Report of the Area Management Team
Palawan
Period: January to June 2012
1. SECURING LAND TENURE AND TRANSFORMING ASSETS
Objectives: 1. To ensure food security through climate-adaptive farming and resource management
system;
2. To provide support to sustainable livelihood.
Activities:
a. Community Seed Banking -
One of the programs of the
Department of Agriculture
to ensure the supply of
good quality Palay seeds is
to enable farmers to
produce more rice. This
program is being
implemented nationwide
and one of the areas
benefitted is Coron
Municipality. PDI is partner
implementor of the
program of the
Department of Agriculture
with the Office of the
Provincial Agriculture and
the Local Government Unit
of Coron. Palawan AMT
conducted the Community
Seed Banking Project in
Barangay San Nicolas and
Barangay Borac. PDI provided 11 bags of Registered Palay seeds during the first quarter
distributed to eight (8) trained seed growers. The harvest from these seeds are to be
distributed to another set of farmers for the next cropping season. Unfortunately, excessive
rainfall and insect pests caused severe damage to the palay during its flowering up to its
productive stage resulting in
low palay production. The
Department of Agriculture
and PhilRice provided an
additional 11 bags of
Registered Seeds for
Lowland rice and 10 bags of
Registered Seeds for Upland
rice to be planted this wet
season. This was distributed
to 22 trained seed growers from different Barangays. The program is regularly
monitored by the OPA/LGU/PAMT personnel to ensure its success.
b. Distribution of Tilapia Fry - the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Regional Fisheries
Training Center [BFAR-RFTC] gave their support to the rice farmers by providing Tilapia fry for
the livelihood project to ensure a supply of protein for their families. During the first quarter
of 2012, BFAR-RFTC provided 10
thousand Tilapia fry to six (6)
farmers in Barangays Decalachao,
Turda, San Nicolas, Guadalupe and
Sitio Marupo to give them an
additional income source aside from
rice production. Harvested tilapia
from the first dispersal was sold in
the market.
c. High Value Crop Development
Program (HVCDP) – The HVCDP
provides support to men and women
farmers to boost high value crop
production. The Department of
Agriculture supplied farming inputs
and materials for the identified
projects. Assorted vegetable seeds
were given by DA, OPAg, LGU to
support the vegetable demo farms and
backyard gardens, DA also provided
hose and plastic drums for the demo projects. These projects were requested by the farmer and
women associations thru resolutions submitted to DA and OPA.
Three (3) Indigenous Farmers Associations in
Barangay Buenavista, Turda and Sitio Marupo
were given working carabaos with plow and
harrow to support their rice production and
other farming activities.
c. Small Scale Composting
Facilities – A farmer
cooperator in Barangay
Borac received support
for his Small Scale
Composting project. The
project produces Vermi
Cast, an organic fertilizer
used for palay and
vegetable production.
d. Coconut Nursery Program – The Association of
Katutubong Tagbanua in Barangay Buenavista and
Turda obtained support from the Philippine
Coconut Authority to establish a nursery project for
coconut seedlings.
The seedlings will be
distributed to
identified coconut
farmers for the
intensification of
Coconut plantations
in the municipality.
e. Farm Mechanization Program –
Five (5) Farmers associations
requested for hand tractors
from DA Region 4-B under a
counter parting program with
15% counterpart collected from
the farmers and 85% shouldered
by DA Region. PDI staff
facilitated the preparation and
processing of requirements and
documents.
f. Seaweed Farming Materials - The
Provincial Government distributed
Seaweed farming materials to 111
fisher folk Federation members to
expand the production of seaweeds
in the municipality. The problem of
the seaweed growers in the area is
their inadequacy of capital to buy
planting materials. PDI assists
seaweed farmers with technical and
monitoring support.
2. SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING/HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Objective: To improve the human resource base of RBO /ARB and IP communities through
support of Non – formal Education and other capacity building measures.
An orientation workshop on Community Seed banking was sponsored by DA-ATI, OPAg to
familiarize seed growers with the activities to be undertaken. After the orientation, a 3 day
training on seed production was given to 28 farmers identified as seed growers of the CSB
program on lowland and upland rice.
Regular meetings with the FA, RIC and RBO federations were attended by PDI’s PAMT staff who
were also tasked to supervise and monitor their activities. A quarterly meeting of the RBO
federation was conducted to ensure that the programs to be implemented were based on the
plans and targets. Regular field visitation and project monitoring is being conducted by the
PAMT staff.
PAMT staff also attended a series of Training conducted in Puerto Princesa City and in Coron,
Palawan. One of the Farmer leaders also attended the Farmer Leader Technician training in
Puerto Princesa City. This farmer leader will assist the Technician in the implementation of the
Farmer Field School in the municipality.
Regular field visitation and project monitoring was conducted by the PAMT staff.
Barangay Food Terminal is one of the projects of the RIC in Barangay
6. This project is operated by the women association. The Barangay
Food terminal (BFT) by-pass the middlemen and sold vegetable and
other agricultural products produced by the farmers in
the locality. This project was assisted by PAMT staff with
recording and surprising activities.
Lack of capital is the main problem
of the association. It needs money
to buy groceries stocks, vegetables
and fruits for resale.
A joint program of the OPAg, LGU and PDI is
the annual celebration of Farmer Family Day.
The 2nd Year celebration of Farmers-
Fisherfolks Family day was successfully
celebrated by about 200 people from the
members of the federation. It was also
attended by the MLGU and BLGU officials.
Alternative Learning System
From August 2011 to March 2012, the PAMT, together with parateachers and the Department’s
Alternative Learning System program conducted Non-Formal Education classes among the
Tagbanuas. The completion ceremony (mass graduation) was held last March 20, 2012 at
Coron Coliseum. A total of 441 enrollees was registered for 2011-2012. A total number of 220
completed with 168 females and 52 males. We
are proud to report that of the 134 learners who
passed the A & E Secondary level examination,
70 came from the PDI ALS Program. From April
to May 2012, the Selection of learners for BLP
and A&E were completed. A total of 359
learners were listed with 234 females and 125
males. 15 Para Teachers who will handle the
program in 8 identified Barangays.
3. ALLIANCE AND NETWORKING
Objective : Strengthen the development agency role of PDI and its partner PO.
PAMT assisted 22 Associations in the preparation
of Resolution and project proposals and submitted
them to concerned agencies for funding. Letters of
intent and project proposals were submitted to DA,
BFAR, Palawan Provincial Government and NIA.
The DA, Provincial Government and BFAR have
approved projects to the farmer recipients who
requested projects through resolutions.
The BFAR released 55 sets of gill nets and 75
sets of hook and line. The DA provided
farming materials like drums, hose, and
others. The NIA is in the process of
validating areas for irrigation projects.
PAMT staff facilitated the
processing and preparation of
DOLE requirements and
documents for registration of
twenty two (22) Associations, 6
Farmers Associations, 7 Fisherfolks
and 9 Rural Improvement Club
Women Associations. An
additional 3 associations are in
the process of registration together with 3 Federations. The Coron Farmer Fisherfolk
Association Inc. was registered with SEC and as a member of the Provincial Farmer Federation.
PAMT staff also attended Barangay Sessions
in Barangay Turda and Borac to coordinate
programs and projects for implementation.
Meetings with National Agencies (DA, NIA,
BFAR, and OPA) were also conducted for
possible partnerships in a Sustainable
Agriculture Program.
Farmer leaders together with the local officials of
Coron and Busuanga attended a dialogue with
Sec. of Agriculture Hon. Proceso Alcala. During
the meeting the farmers submitted project
proposals for a possible livelihood and
infrastructure project, farm to market road, and
an irrigation project. Sec. Alcala ordered the
Directors of different line agencies to conduct a
comprehensive planning workshop to prioritize
projects for the Calamianes Group of Islands.
4. LAND TENURE IMPROVEMENT
Objective: To support land claims
A joint meeting of the NCIP Region, Province
and PDI National was held in PDI Coron office
to discuss plans and activities to be
undertaken in the processing of application of
CADT. The first activities conducted included
the Information Education Campaign in
Barangay Turda, a Census Survey (total of 168
households) and an ocular site inspection.
Validation of the list of elders, proofs
and testimonies were completed by
PDI and NCIP. Boundary conflicts
were resolved and a resolution was
signed by Tagbanua tribal leaders
and NCIP. A survey of the area will
follow after the approval and release
of funds from NCIP.