October 2023 I-Plan Newsletter

OCTOBER 2023

I-PLAN Matters A Monthly Publication of the DA-PRDP Mindanao’s I-Plan Component

LGUs UPDATE AGRI PLANS, EYE MORE INVESTMENTS

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ocal governments from Regions 11, 12 and Caraga conducted activities as part of updating their commodity investment plans (CIPs), seeking to generate more investments to further boost their top commodities. These LGUs include: Davao City, Surigao del Sur, Sarangani, and Sultan Kudarat.

Davao City held a consultation of stakeholders on Oct. 18-19, 2023 for the 2024-2026 version of its CIP. The updated CIP includes cacao, coffee, coconut, durian, and lowland vegetables. Likewise, Surigao del Sur Province revisited the investments for its top commodities in a workshop held on Oct 23-25, 2023.

In Region 12, the provinces of Sultan Kudarat and Sarangani respectively held a series of activities on Oct 3-6, 2023.

Activities included: stakeholders’ consultation and technical review of updated CIPs. For Sarangani Province, it also consulted its key stakeholders of dairy cattle as part of exploring options for implementing convergence activities.

I-PLAN Caraga Planning Of cer Ms. Sherlyn Dawn Lincuna presents the evaluation and recommendation of the Surigao del sur PCIP

I-PLAN TO DRAW MORE INFO ON SUCCESS, LESSONS

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s part of I-Plan’s knowledge management strategy, a workshop was held to draw more inputs from I-Plan teams in the six regions of Mindanao.

This was done during the implementation assessment held on Oct 10-13, 2023 in Cagayan de Oro City.

During the workshop, I-Plan teams identi ed communication products that can be developed to further promote the science-based tools utilized by PRDP. Also identi ed were practices and innovations that can be documented and packaged as knowledge products. Currently, I-Plan Mindanao is producing weekly highlights and monthly newsletters.

I-PLAN IX Component Head Engr. Brandon Mentolaroc (right), leads the I-PLAN IX team in producing knowledge products

DA-10’s I-PLAN BACKS 1ST COFFEE ROASTING CONTEST

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A-PRDP’s I-Plan Component of Region 10 was among the of ces that supported the rst ever Philippine Coffee Roasting Competition. In collaboration with the Philippine Coffee Institute, Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Tourism, Natividad Food Corporation, and A Brown Company Inc., the competition drew roasters from all over the country.

Declared winners were: 1st - Mary Jane Cua, Coffee Central Ph, 2nd - Arnel Francisco Cadeliňa , Coffee Roaster from Gensan, 3rd - Alexander Ray Sumania from Cagayan de Oro .

The competition was aimed at promoting coffee quality, skills development and innovation.

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The competition judges, led by Reyner Oswald Herbert (middle) who is also one of the sensory judges in the World Coffee Roasting Championship in Milan, Italy.

DA-11’s I-Plan trains LGU planners; hazards, mitigating measures identi ed

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A-PRDP’s I-Plan Component of Region 11 led the conduct of training on science-based tools for identifying geologic hazards and corresponding mitigating measures. Held on Oct. 26-27, the training was participated by core planning team representatives from Davao Region local governments. The training seeks to equip the planners with skills in ensuring that CIPs capture the hazards and interventions are identi ed to address them.

In collaboration with DA-Region 11’s Geomapping and Governance Unit of PRDP, the planners upgrade their skills in utilizing the tools, such as HazardHunterPH and GeoAnalyticsPH. Presentations on earthquake and volcanic hazards were also provided to the participants.

Josephdon Anthony Ancheta, GIS Of cer of RPCO XI, discussed the steps in using GeoRiskPH and GeoMappperPH Application

I-PLAN MINDANAO UPDATES MIS DATA; JOINS NPCO PLANNING WORKSHOP

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-Plan Mindanao, consisting of teams from Project Support Of ce and six regions, joined the workshop to update the data in the enhanced version of Management Information System. Led by the PRDP’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Unit, the workshop was held on Oct 3-6, 2023 which allowed the updating of data in the MIS. Updated data covers value chain analysis reports, commodity investment plans and research results.

I-Plan Mindanao representatives during the Planning and Assessment Workshop led by NPCO I-Plan Component held on Oct 17-20, 2023 in Bicol

Meanwhile, I-Plan Mindanao also participated in the planning workshop conducted by I-Plan NPCO. The activity was an avenue to assess implementation of activities, discuss issues and concerns and prepare for upcoming implementation support mission of the World Bank.

DA-IX LAUNCHES RUBBER PROFILE, DATABASE

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unded by I-Plan, Da-PRDP of Region 9 has launched the rubber pro le and database on Oct 24, 2023.

Representatives from Zaboanga Sibugay’s Provincial and Municipal Agriculturist also participated the launching.

Through I-Plan’s subcomponent 1.2, the convergence with Philippine Rubber Research Institute (PRRI) and Mindanao State University allowed the development of the pro le and database.

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The pro le and database covers rubber industry of Zamboanga Sibugay. “Through the Integrated Rubber System or IRIS, data on rubber industry is made more accessible. We envision that plans and projects would be more re ective of the industry’s needs”, says Mr. Elvert Simbol PRRI’s project head.

CONVERGENCE PARTNERS with key of Project Team Leader Elvert Simbol, RFO IX OIC-RED Mr. Reynaldo M. Campomanes, PRRI OIC - Executive Director Dr. Girlie Saludo, OIC- RTD for Operations Marissa S. Mohammad, Engr. Brandon M. Mentolaroc, IPLAN IX Component Head