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DA launches AFP livelihood
program
by Junelyn S. de la Rosa
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April-June
2001
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To augment the meager income of civilian and military personnel
of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Department
of Agriculture (DA) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
on "Income and Livelihood Program for AFP Personnel"
with the Department of National Defense (DND) on 28 March
2001 at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.
A national task force was created to provide
efficient and effective management of the livelihood program
(SO No. 166, Series of 2001). It is composed of: Chairman-Usec.
Ernesto Ordoñez, Vice-Chairman-Asst. Sec. Edmund J.
Sana, National Program Coordinator-Asst. Dir. Alberto B. Maningding,
Co-Program Coordinator-Asst. Dir. Asterio Saliot and members
from other DA-attached agencies. Based on the provisions of
the MOA, a set of implementing guidelines was formulated by
the two parties. It consists of the objectives of the program,
target beneficiaries, joint implementing task force, program
components and mechanics of implementation.
The program components are: 1) Production and Enterprise Development,
2) Basic Food Commodities, 3) Capacity-Enhancement, 4) Linkages
and Networking.
For production and enterprise development, the DA shall extend
technical assistance for micro agri-fishery projects through
feasibility studies on diversified crop, livestock and poultry,
and aqua-culture production, demonstration projects on the
establishment of nurseries and orchards, enterprise development
plans for processing of various products, technical assistance
in the operation of micro agri-fishery projects and initial
inputs needed for crops, fishery, poultry and livestock production.
On Basic Food Commodities, the DA shall facilitate access
to basic food commodities for AFP personnel and their dependents
through various National Food Authority (NFA) projects. These
are: supply of commissaries, Greater Market Access (GMA) stores
inside the campus, GMA rolling stores and other stores outside
the campus.
The DA shall also organize seminars and hands-on training
courses on production and processing of agri-fishery products,
fiber-based handicraft and other livelihood enterprises, creation
of cooperatives and facilitation for access to credit, capital
and credit guarantees from the Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee
Corporation (QUEDANCOR) or other formal lending institutions.
In the course of the project, the DA shall provide technical
assistance to AFP personnel and their dependents in the establishment
of micro agri-fishery projects in the pilot areas, facilitate
access to basic food commodities in pilot camps, provide available
production and post-production inputs to encourage them to
venture into agribusiness and establish linkages and networking
with other agencies, private groups and state colleges and
universities to enhance economic activities in the identified
pilot areas.
On the other hand, the DND through the AFP shall
provide the DA with a list of the pilot areas and names of
AFP personnel and the required assistance and livelihood projects
to be undertaken, provide the venue and other facilities needed
for the agri-fishery livelihood training program, provide
available equipment for the construction of farm to market
roads and other agri-fishery related infrastructure projects,
and provide other necessary assistance to the DA and its attached
agencies. 
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