THE Ilocos Region (Region 1) has been granted P3.4 billion worth of agri-fishery subprojects from the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) ScaleUp, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported.
The PRDP ScaleUp is one of the DA’s flagship programs designed to address gaps in the commodity value chains by improving the efficiency of the food supply chain toward greater connectivity, mobility, accessibility, availability and affordability of food in the market.
The status of the subproject proposals were presented in a recent meeting with consultants and members of the PRDP Regional Project Coordination Office 1 (PRDP RPCO 1).
Three subprojects are currently in construction. One is the San Jose multipurpose warehouse with a solar dryer in Vintar, Ilocos Norte. Two provincial warehouses with multipurpose drying pavements are being built in Bugallon and Santa Barbara in Pangasinan.
Four more subprojects are in the procurement stage while 10 others are under preparation.
Two are in progress. One is waiting for the release of a No Objection Letter 2, and the other is in the material sampling and quality control stage.
Since 2023, Ilocos has developed 24 subproject proposals for funding approval from the PRDP. Most of these were in Pangasinan with 15 proposals; La Union, four; Ilocos Norte, three; and Ilocos Sur, two.
Based on the Regional Project Advisory Board’s approval of five proposals in 2024, the number of implemented subprojects is expected to rise this year.
The PRDP RPCO 1 said that it aims to complete the three remaining subprojects under the second additional financing of the European Union Co-financing grant by year-end.
The PRDP Original Loan was implemented in 2014 and received its first additional financing in 2018.
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