Representatives from various agencies, including the National Economic and Development Authority 12, Philippine Coconut Authority 12, Small Business Corp., Department of Public Works and Highway 12, Department of Agrarian Reform 12, and Department of Agriculture 12, attended the meeting. Updates on the implementation of the R12 Nestle Plus DIP and R12 KFI Plus DIP were also discussed in the meeting.

The approval of the DIPs by the RTWG members is a prerequisite for their submission to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).  

These DIPs, once approved by IFAD, shall be instrumental in providing interventions to increase the incomes of 12 farmer organizations consisting of 720 smallholder farmer members in the provinces of Cotabato and Sarangani combined.



The RAPID Growth Project is an IFAD-assisted initiative with the goal of reducing poverty incidence in the target areas by increasing the income of smallholder farmers by 60% across selected agri-based value chains.-END