IN PHOTOS: DA CALABARZON Technical Working Group (TWG) on the Bayanihan Agricultural Cluster (BAC) Program sets out its action plans to make more smallholder farms, and small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises in the region more competitive when organized as clusters and to help them connect to national and international markets, held at LARES Training Hall in Lipa City, Batangas, on January 19, 2021.
The TWG action plans include coordination meetings with local government units (LGUs), identification and validation of priority cluster areas; profiling and needs assessment activities; training of enumerators and surveyors; presentation of results and consultation meetings with project implementation stakeholders; preparation of memoranda of understanding with LGUs and other partners; capacity building and the formation of organizational cluster values; cluster georeferencing; and the package of technology training.
The BAC Program aims to achieve economies of scale, allowing more farmers, fishers, and agri-preneurs to produce and earn more.
The meeting was attended by OIC-ARD for Operations Mr. Dennis R. Arpia, OIC-Field Operations Division Chief Engr. Redelliza A. Gruezo, banner program coordinators and representatives, agricultural program coordinating officers and staff, and division chiefs and representatives who make up the TWG.
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