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| Project Code |
STARCM (ALA/PH/99/50) |
| Name of Project |
Support To Agrarian Reform Communities in Central Mindanao |
| Total Funding |
23,325,000 |
| Grant/Loan |
18,422,000 |
| GoP Counterpart |
4,903,000 |
| Start Date |
May 11, 2008 |
| Completion Date |
August 31, 2008 |
| Project Location |
Lanao del Norte, North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Lanao del Sur (ARMM) |
| Beneficiaries |
50 selected Agrarian Reform Communities (ARCs) - 20,000 households |
| European Consultant |
Symonds, Travers, Morgan Ltd. |
| Project Background/Rationale |
The rationale of the project is a combination of: 1) the promising results of the EC funded Agrarian Reform Support Project (ARSP) and other integrated agricultural area development projects in Mindanao, the Philippines and elsewhere, 2) the economic disadvantage and disparity in Central and Southern Mindanao compared with the rest of the country, and 3) GOPs political will to develop rural areas of Mindanao for supporting the peace agreement signed in 1996. In 1998, GOP requested an agrarian reform project for Mindanao. In 1999, an Appraisal Mission was fielded in the four provinces to formulate the project. On 22 February 2000, the Financing Agreement for STARCM was signed by the European Commission and by the Republic of the Philippines represented by the Department of Foreign Affairs. |
| Project Objective |
The overall objective is to increase the self-reliance, living standard and quality of life for framing households in 50 agrarian reform communities (ARCs) in the provinces of Sultan Kudarat, Cotabato, Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur. |
| Project Components |
(1)
Institutional Strengthening (IS) conduct of training for implementing
partners to help them facilitate ARC level planning, formation and strengthening
of peoples organisations in the management of infrastructure and livelihood
sub-project. The training aims to improve the capacity of POs and LGUs in
planning, implementing, managing and maintaining development projects;
(2)
Support infrastructure (SI) construction of rural infrastructure such as
feeder roads, bridges, potable water supply systems and community buildings that
will better support farmer productivity and social welfare in the targeted ARCs;
(3) Agricultural
Production and Enterprise Development (APED) - provision
of draft animals, cultivation machinery and rice mills, and support to banana
and fruit trees plantation which will contribute to an increase in agricultural
production and household income through a combination of agricultural
diversification, farm mechanisation and development of rural enterprises; and
(4)
Access to Rural Finance - conduct
of institutional capacity-building through the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP)
and provision of institutional credit to micro-finance institutions (MFIs)
serving borrowers in the STARCM-covered ARCs which will improve the access of
ARC residents to financial services provided by government and private financial
institutions.
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| For further Information Please Contact |
Mr. Julius Clarete/Mr. Glynn Baker
Co-Directors, STARCM
3/F Roma Building, Quezon Boulevard, Kidapawan City, 9400 Philippines
Telephone: (064) 278-4009
Fax: (064) 278 4252
Email:
starcm@philcom.ph |
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