Project ID

39

Focus / Field

Industry (agriculture)

Country / Region Implemented

Philippines

Name of Project / Activity

Inclusive Partnerships for Agricultural Competitiveness (IPAC) Project

Project / Activity URL (if any)

https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P153042

Target Location

CAR, Region I, Region II, Region III, Region IVA, Region IVB, Region V, Region VI, Region VII, Region
VIII, Region X, Region XI, Region XII, ARMM

Purpose of Project / Activity

The development objective of the Inclusive Partnerships for Agricultural Competitiveness Project for thePhilippines is to improve access to markets and to enhance the competitiveness of smallholder farmers
in the targeted agrarian reform community clusters.
This project supports the efforts of farmer organizations to markets improve productivity and the qualityof products, as well as find more in order to raise farmers’ incomes, and will also help strengthen thecapacity of farmer organizations to engage in commercial agriculture, provide extension services,develop enterprises, secure individual land titles for their members, and improve rural infrastructure.

Target of Project / Activity

The project aims to enhance access to market and competitiveness of ARBs, smallholder farmers, andlandless farmworkers and their organizations through the implementation of the following interrelatedcomponents:a) Support Services for Enhanced Market Linkagesb) Investments in Productive Partnershipsc) Project Management, Monitoring, and Evaluation
The project will achieve its stated objective through the implementation of the following threecomponents.

Project / Activity Contents

The first component, support services for enhanced market linkages is to enable the FOs in the ARC
clusters to become more competitive in terms of farm productivity, product quality and access tomarket.
It would:(a) strengthen the capacity of farmers and FOs to engage in commercial agriculture opportunities;(b) improve the extension, business development, and land tenure services;(c) provide physical infrastructure investments to support productivity improvements and marketaccess.
This component has three sub-components:(i) Extension and Business Development;(ii) Land Tenure Improvement;(iii) Rural Infrastructure.
The second component, investments in Productive Partnerships is to support smallholder farmers inthe ARC clusters to increase their competitiveness, business orientation and market position and tomake them attractive business partners in the value chain.
The third component, Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation is to provide support to theproject implementing agencies at the central, regional, and provincial levels in project management andcoordination, technical operation, financial management, procurement, social and environmental
safeguards, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E).

Name of Implementing Organization

Department of Agrarian Reform

Organization URL

https://www.dar.gov.ph/Location of Head Office (City, Country)

Quezon City Philippines

Category (Public / Private / NPO)

Government/Public corporation

Annual BudgetN/A

Source of Funds

Government subsidies

Base of Activity

Philippines

Number of Staff (paid)

N/A

Number of Volunteers

N/A
The above information is current as of September 2022.