Negros Occidental Food Sufficiency Program

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Pagka-on 2000
Negros Occidental Food Sufficiency Program
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Situational Assessment

• Mono-crop Economy

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Situational Assessment

• Low Production Productivity
• A Perennial Importer of Rice and Corn
• Low Irrigation Development Percentage

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Situational Assessment

• Rice Crisis Experience

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Pagka-on 2000 Milestones

• Farmer Dialogues

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Pagka-on 2000 Milestones

• Barangay Pulong-pulong

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Pagka-on 2000 Milestones

• Municipal-Level Consultations Planning Sessions

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Pagka-on 2000 Milestones

• District Level Consultation Planning Sessions

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Pagka-on 2000 Milestones

• Technical Conferences w/National Local
  Agencies, Consultations w/Private and
  Non-Govt. Organizations

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Pagka-on 2000 Guiding Principles

• Enabled Service Providers

• Empowered Communities
• Sustainability

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Pagka-on 2000
OBJECTIVES

• Attain Food Self-Sufficiency

• Enhance quality of life among farmers
  fisherfolks

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Pagka-on 2000
STRATEGY Integrate into a cohesive package all
necessary components

• Infrastructure Development
• Productivity Enhancement
• Creation of Livelihood Employment Opportunities
• Promotion of Crop Diversification
• Fisheries Aquaculture Development
• Nutrition Management
• Information, Education Advocacy

• Institutional Development

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Pagka-on 2000 Programs

• 1. INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• Organizational Strengthening

• Reorganization Streamlining
• Creation of Agricultural Engg. / Irrigation
  Systems Devt. Div.

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Pagka-on 2000 Programs

• Organizational Strengthening

• Strengthening of Provl. Nutrition Committee
• Agriculturist Mobility Enhancement

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Pagka-on 2000 Programs

• Resource Mobilization
• Creation of Special Fund (Revolving Livelihood
  Support Fund)

• Sectoral sharing from 20 Devt. Fund
• Counterparting/Cost Sharing Scheme (DA, CARE
  Phils., Rotary Club, MBCCI, Neg. Bus. Forum, etc.)

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Pagka-on 2000 Programs

• Institutionalization
• Creation of PDC Agri. Fisheries Development
  Committee (AFCOM)

• Creation of Provl. Food Security Council
• Creation of Irrigation Development Council

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Pagka-on 2000 Program

• 2. INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
• Irrigation Development Program

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Pagka-on 2000 Programs

• Farm to Market Roads Development Program

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Pagka-on 2000 Programs

• 3. PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT
• Provision of Pre- and Post-Harvest Facilities

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Pagka-on 2000 Programs

• 3. PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT
• Agriculture Extension Services

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Pagka-on 2000 Programs

• Pest Diseases Surveillance Control

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Pagka-on 2000 Programs

• 4. LIVELIHOOD ASSISTANCE EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
• Alternative Livelihood for Sugar Workers/FFW
  Schemes

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Pagka-on 2000 Programs

• Skills Training for Farmers Fisherfolks

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Pagka-on 2000 Programs

• Livelihood Assistance for Young Farmers

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Pagka-on 2000 Programs

• Technology Dissemination

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Pagka-on 2000 Programs

• Livestock Dispersal

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Pagka-on 2000 Programs
5. PROMOTION OF CROP DIVERSIFICATION
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Pagka-on 2000 Programs

• High Value Crops Diversification

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Pagka-on 2000 Programs

• 6. FISHERIES AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT
• Fishing Equipment Support Project

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Pagka-on 2000 Programs
6. FISHERIES AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT

• Inland Freshwater Fishery Devt. Project

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Pagka-on 2000 Programs

• 6. FISHERIES AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT
• Alternative Livelihood Fund for Fishermen

• Reintroduction of High Value Mollusk/Shellfish
  Project

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Pagka-on 2000 Programs

• 7. NUTRITION PROGRAM
• Freshmilk Feeding Program (School-Based)
• Insumix Fortified Foods Feeding Promotion

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Pagka-on 2000 Programs
7. NUTRITION PROGRAM

• Home-based Industries
• BNS Support Program
• Bio-Intensive Gardening

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Pagka-on 2000 Programs
8. INFORMATION, EDUCATION ADVOCACY PROGRAM

• Pagka-on 2000 Scholarships
• School-on-the-Air
• Farmers Field Schools

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Program Results

• Completed 39 Irrigation Projects, with 50 more
  projects in various phases of implementation

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Program Results

• Increased irrigated area by 7,557 has., from
  31,729 has in 1995 to 39,286 has. In 1999

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Program Results

• Increased average corn production from 1.93
  MT/ha. in 1995 to 2.95 MT/ha. in 1999.

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Program Results

• Increased the number of carabaos dispersed from
  350 heads in 1995 to 1,070 heads in 1999.

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Program Results

• Placed 80 full-time scholars in 9 different
  universities and colleges throughout the country.
  

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Program Results

• Conducted 93 Farmer Field Schools (attended by
  2,010 farmer-participants)

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Program Results

• Established strong partnerships and cost-sharing
  arrangements (D.A., ARSP, Metro Bacolod Chamber
  of Commerce and Industry, Inc., Care-Philippines,
  Rotary Club of Bacolod, Peoples Organizations)

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Program Results

• Increased average rice production from 2.72
  MT/ha. In 1995 to 3.11 MT/ha. by the end of
  1999
• Increased effective rice area from 81,480 has. in
  1995 to 110,000 has. in 1999

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Overall Results

• Increase in income of farmers by 20 to 69
  depending on the kind of livelihood
  assistance provided by the program
• Increase in total rice production from 222,000 MT
  in 1995 to 344,444 MT in 1999
• Reduction of Malnutrition from 13.62
  prevalence rate of underweight pre-school
  children in 1995 to 9.11 by the end of 1999

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A closing note

• The Pagkaon 2000 program was a local government
  initiative.

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Thank you good day.