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A vegetable value chain roadmap will be created by the Department of Agriculture and the Japan International Cooperation Agency
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The five-year Project on Market-Driven Enhancement of Vegetable Value Chain aims to improve the Philippine vegetable value chain
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The project seeks to encourage higher yield and income for farmers and achieve food security for Filipinos
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The project will be piloted in Benguet and Quezon
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) are implementing a vegetable value chain roadmap.
The five-year Project on Market-Driven Enhancement of Vegetable Value Chain in the Philippines (MV2C) is a technical cooperation project that aims to improve the Philippine vegetable value chain, the DA said in a statement. The project seeks to encourage higher yield and income for farmers and achieve food security, availability, accessibility, and affordability for Filipinos.
The roadmap is necessary to identify challenges and solutions in the value chain, as well as in determining the roles of every stakeholder.
The project commenced with a value chain survey in selected vegetable-producing provinces such as Benguet and Quezon, where the MV2C pilot projects are also expected to be implemented.
These projects will include innovative solutions to promote efficiency along the vegetable value chain.
A series of workshops were also conducted this month to validate survey results and to present the drafted roadmap. These workshops were attended by vegetable farmers, government agencies, members of the academe, and the private sector.
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