Project Name：Agri-Cluster Consolidation and Cooperation Project in the Philippines

Project status：Projects in Operation

Cooperating Country：Asia-Pacific, Philippines

Project Description：

In cooperation with the Department of Agriculture of the Philippines’ "Farm and Fisheries Clustering and Consolidation" (F2C2) program, the Taiwan Technical Mission is setting up a demonstration farm in the Tarlac Province of Luzon Island, to accelerate the clustering and integration of local agricultural industries referring to the successful experience of developing agricultural production and marketing groups in Taiwan. It strengthens the target clusters’ resource integration, disaster risk reduction and resilience systems while increasing the efficiency of public sector agricultural promotion and the participation of young farmers. Through the diversified guidance of farmers' groups, this project will help Filipino farmers to integrate supporting industrial resources such as facilities, equipment, and seedlings, strengthen financial analysis and organization management, and sell their products to nearby urban markets through the existing mechanism. Given the mature cultivation technology and variety of high value crops in Taiwan, this project is intended to focus on seasonal vegetables and fruits, pragmatically guiding the robust development of agricultural clusters and increasing the income of beneficiary farmers in each target cluster by the end of the project.

Implementation Start Date：2022-07-01

Implementation End Date：2025-12-31

Project Objectives：

The robust development of 3 pioneer agricultural clusters under guidance, and an increase of 15% in the income of beneficiary farmers in each cluster by the end of the project.

Executing Agency：

1.Taiwan Technical Mission in the Philippines

2.The Department of Agriculture of the Philippines

Current Progress：

To the end of March 2024, the following activities have been completed:

1. Added 2 new suitable crop management models.

2. Provided guidance and support to 14 demonstration households in the industry (facilities and seedlings).

3. Provided 44 sessions of technical education and training for the clusters.

4. Introduced 4 types of vegetables and fruit climate-resilient varieties (okra, eggplant, cherry tomato, bell pepper).

5. Conducted information dissemination on disaster prevention and reduction measures 8 times.

6. Supplied 21.7 hectares with a total number of 83,699 seedlings for disaster relief to enhance post-disaster recovery speed.

7. Produced 5 goal-oriented online courses on different topics according to the needs of the DA’s agricultural extensionists.

8. Held 4 sessions of education and training on agricultural marketing and digital tools utilization.

9. Sent 1 group composted with 5 F2C2 officials (central/local) and 2 agricultural cooperative chairpersons/cadres to Taiwan for a professional study trip.

Project Contact：Allison Hsu

Phone：+886228732323 #6140

E-mail：H.L.Hsu@icdf.org.tw