Community Assessment andAlternative Livelihood Activities?

Training
Cooperative Membership development, values formation, financial management , Mangrove
Nursery Management assisted by the Department of Cooperatives, the Department ofagriculture , the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and other experts.

Counter parting
Rotary Participation

Contribution of
People’sOrganization.

Services of Resourcepersons

Venue

Training Materials

Food

Transportation ofResource Speakers

Local Transport

P 10,000 to P 15,000/siteObo‐ob Bantayan
Grouper Culture Project
Marine cage culture of grouper done in 4‐ to 12‐
compartment cage as one unit. There are nursery(small mesh is used in the cage) and grow‐outphases (larger mesh).
Grouper need to be sorted and size‐graded everyweek. Other routine procedures include feeding(trash fish and/or formulated feeds), net
maintenance, stock sampling, and monitoringwater quality.
Groupers can reach the market‐size of 400‐600 g in
6‐8 months when 2.5‐7.5 cm fry are stocked. The
live export market has the best price to offer.

Investment
Cost

AmountAssistance from
Rotaryconstruction of
6 units of cageswith sizes at 5m
x 5m x 3m.

P35,545

working capital

P 152,000

TotalInvestment

P187,545

P 35,000

Qty

Amount(P)Cost and Returns
Items

Revenue
Variable cost
Grouper fingerlings
Feeds
Wage of caretakermonthsRepairs andmaintenance
Fixed cost
Depreciation ofcages and hut
Interest at 14%
Total operating cost
Return on Investment

P 35,000

Unit
Cost(P)
1,080
280
3,000

302,400

2266,000

5,400
108 4,000

54,00032,0001,066

11,84826,256
191,17059%

Cawayan Dalaguete
Mudcrab Culture/ Fattening
Project•••

The fattening of mud crab inmangrove areas.
The use of net enclosures inmangroves or tidal zones
offers a better alternative topond culture.
The crab farmer follows aprotocol in taking care of thestock, from stocking to feeding
to selective harvest.

Expected Returns

Giant Crabs

Native Crabs

Gross Revenues 1 year
, 2 runs

28,00012,000Return on Investment

206%

108%

Costs-and-Returns (2 units of 0.25 m x 0.7m x 2 m cage) 1 year , 2 runs/ Site
Item
Revenues
Giant crab (P300/kg) 96 kgs

Giantcrab

Assistance fromRotary

28,000Native crab (P250/kg) 48 kg
Operating capital

Nativecrab

12,0002,480

1,240Crab juveniles

2,480

1,240

Feed

4,320

2,160

Variable costs

Miscellaneous cost
Total variable cost
Fixed costs
Depreciation
Total fixed cost
Total operating capital

100
6,900

100
3,500

1,500
1,500
8,400

1,500
1,500
5,000

Net income

20,4007,000

P 13,400/ site
Round off toP 25,000 for 2sites

Seaweed Farming at Barili
The farming of the seaweed Kappaphycus is alow‐cost venture and a profitable one, with theright site.
.

Investments
Itemture .
luceed 60 days
wae
St 45‐salcanAfter tying
seaweed plantlets
or “seedlings” tothe ropes, staked
to the sea bed bybamboo, seaweedfarming needs nomore inputs only
periodic checkups
are made toremove
undesirable algae,
barnacles, andcheck for signs ofplant diseases.

Hanging long line

Planting materials

42,050Drying platform

6,479

Farm house

3,000

Non-motorized boat

2,000

Motorized boat

25,000Total investment cost

78,529Depreciation cost/yr

14,168Assistance from
RotaryP 25,000
P 5,000

Cost and Returns
Item
Gross revenue/yr
Variable costs
Fixed costs
Total costs

Hanging long line
863,571471,500
114,484585,984

Economic Indicators
Hanging long line
Income per crop/module

55,517

Income per year (P)277,587

Income per year after tax (P)ROI (%)

226,940353

Rent‐to Own Trisikad Project
Trisikad is a foot driven vehicle with abike and a side cab used for shortdistances.
The sidecar of a trisikad can normallyaccommodate two passengers .A one
way trip would cost P 5.00 per passenger.
A driver earns an average of P 130 a dayof which P 30 is paid to the organization
as rental. The rest he brings home for hisfamily. When the total rental payments
reach P 7,500, the cost of the unit, he getsto own it.

Scheme:Rotary gives the organization a certain
number of trisikads from which theorganization can earn income as well as
provide a livelihood for its members under a“Rent to Own Scheme” .
The rental paid by the driver is accumulated
until the trisikad is fully paid. With theearnings in rental, the organization can buy
another trisikad to give to another member
for his livelihood.
ItemAmountTrisikad

P 7,500

Income of driver / day

P 100

Rental/ day# of Days of driver toown a trisikad at P30/day

P 30
250 days

Rice Trading
The Philippines may be blessed with abundant natural resources and its marine biodiversity
among the best in the world. But there are many Filipinos who are hungry today. Even
farmers and fishermen are among the starving Filipinos The price of rice the most important
staple has doubled because of supply scarcity.
The higher cost of these basic commodities have forced more Filipinos to spend less on food.
Oil price hikes have also aggravated starvation in the country.

The project provides 10 sacks of NFA rice @ P1,000/ sack as a starter that they can repackin smaller bags and allocate to their members on credit. Allocation is based on thenumber of members of the family. The cooperative makes about P 100 profit per sackwhich they use for other community needs as well as purchase additional sacks of rice.