Community Development and Capacity Building:
Community mobilization and planning activities are the entry points
of the Project to determine the scope of interventions required
by the beneficiaries. Orientation and training are provided to
build the capacities of not only the beneficiaries and local people's
organizations but also of the contracted and detailed staff of
the DAR, LGU representative and other resource organizations that
support the ARCs.
Agriculture and Enterprise Development:
For agriculture and enterprise activities, identification of potential
activities are facilitated through the "farming systems development
approach" as developed in ARCDP I with the FAO-TSARRD program.
The Project uses the existing resources and implementation structures
of DA,LBP, LGUs, and other resource organizations in delivering
agricultural and livelihood support services to the ARCs. it includes
a subcomponent for the sub-division of collective land titles
and Certificates of Land Ownership Awards (LOAs) to individual
CLOAs to improve investment oppurtunities and to support enhanced
agricultural productivity in the ARCs.
Support for Rural Finance: This
project will include support for strengthening the cooperative's
creditworthiness and access to existing credit facilities to improve
services for their members and for micro-finance institutions
to enhance their capability to extend their services in targeted
ARCs.
Rural Infrastructure: This component
provides community-based and small-scale infrastructures as identified
and prioritized through the community-based process. These include:
rural access roads and bridges, communal irrigation, potable water
supply (Levels I & II), multi-purpose buildings and solar
dryers.
Project funds will be administered by the DAR-FAPsO. Technical
agencies and private sector may be tapped as technical advisory
resources. Construction may be on contract to government line
agencies or private sector or on force account basis.
