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DA-PRDP national deputy director Arnel De Mesa (3rd from left) presents to WB PRDP Task team leader Frauke Jungbluth (4th from left) a copy of the book. With them are (left to right) authors Noel T. Provido and Jay Rosas and program director Lealyn A. Ramos
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A book is a legacy of lifetime.
Coming up with a compendium of success stories of rural development is a feat in itself, as it is hardly heard of, which the Department of Agriculture (DA) dared to take as it documented the impacts of its flagship anti-poverty program in southern Philippines, the Mindanao Rural Development Program (MRDP).
Recently the book ‘Rural Stories, Real Stories’ a collection of success stories of the second phase of MRDP was launched at the Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City.
“Rural Stories, Real Stories' documents the triumphs, lessons learned and wonderful memories we together weaved in the past years as we combatted poverty across Mindanao,” Agriculture secretary Proceso J. Alcala said in his video message.
Veteran rural development writers Noel T. Provido and Jay M. Rosas were the head writers of the book.
Improving Lives
True to its tagline: Improving lives, MRDP over the past 6 years of implementation made its mark in ruralcommunities.
For infrastructure development, farmers share how critical projects like farm-to-market roads
(FMRs) and irrigation system largely contributed in increasing their yield and income. For instance, farmers in Balindong, Lanao del Sur and Carmen, North Cotabato described how the FMRs in theirvillages reduced transportation cost and postharvest losses.
Farmers in Bansalan, Davao del Sur share how their improved irrigation restored hopes of farmers to go back to rice production while in San Luis, Agusan del Norte, rice and corn farmers are grateful for the construction of the single-lane bridge that finally connected their far-flung village to the town market.
I have a copy of the book and the stories are well-written. Kudos guys.
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