COMMODITY

TARGETS

KEY STRATEGIES

SPECIFIC ACTION PLANS

RESPONSIBLE AGENCIES

10. Banana

- Region IV

1.Improve quality/standard and sustainable increase of marketable commodities

1. Increase availment of commodity loans Information

1. Production, procurement and distribution of quality planting materials/seeds through establishment, maintenance and/or improvement of nurseries plant pest clinica, processing plant and packaging centers and agricultural stations

2. Ensure quality harvest, and delivery in an environment friendly production process

3. Exploit market opportunities for identified major commodities in local and international markets

4. Enhance the accessibility to credit and financing program

5. Tap expertise of SUCs in accessing appropriate technologies, providing a forum for R & D linkages and assist

1. Conduct technical trainings and  agribusiness investment clinic and educational trips as well

2. Establishment of market information and trading centers

3. Create agribusiness group among LGUs and NGOs to assist in the collection/ and related agribusiness and marketing activities

4. Promotion of competitive crop products for domestic and international market through fairs exhibitions and trade mission

RFU IV, SCUs, ATI

RFU, BAS, LGUs

RFU, BAS, LGUs

RFU, LGUs, AFCs/NGOs

RFU, LGUs, NGOs

- Region VI

Marketing

- Increase value-ading

Promote village level processing

1. Training on prodcut development processing and packaging

2. Formation and strangthening of growers/producers association

ATI, DOST, BPRE, DTI

CDA

-Region VIII

(Chips)

To increase the area to be planted

1.  Financing

2.  Technology (production and packaging)

1. Participate in trade fairs

2.  Recommend trade mission

- Region IX (variety not specified)

101.1has./39,930 pcs. (planting materials)

1. Cost sharing between DA and LGUs on technology transfer among PAs, MAs, and ATs.

2. Provision of platic bags to LGUs for the establishment of nurseries and assist in the accreditation thereof.

3. Promotion of farming systems like intercropping and multiple cropping of annual crops

4. Strengthening marketing system for understanding and disseminating market information both in the domestic and international markets.

5. Conduct of regular monitoring and evaluation.

1. Provision of farm to market roads and post harvest facilities identified by LGUs

2. Institutionalizing market information network

3. Conduct of trainings on quality control, GMP, HACCP, Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures to enhance competitiveness of local products

4. Establishment of Banana tissue culture laboratories in priority areas.

- Region X

Increase production

Improve quality of marketable produce to 70% of total harvest

1. Increase yield by 15%

2. Quality control

1. Dialogue with LGU for the conduct of soil analysis

2. Get fertilizer supply arrangement on a credit bases

3. Apply recommended fertilizer dosage with organic fertilizer

4. Training on quality control

5. Training on post-harvest technology and acquisition of necessary farm implements

6. Linkage with credit institution

BIDA, LGU, DA

ATI, PHTRC

- Region XI (variety not specified)

Extension Services and Training

Regulatory Services

Technical Support

Program Management

Conduct of training

Ordinance enacted/ implemented

Production of 100,000 plant materials

1. Program component  supervised

2. Conduct of meetings and conferences

3. Conduct of monitoring and evaluation

1. Conduct of briefing regarding control and preventive measure of bunchy tops diseases

2. Conduct of training of LGU Technician (IPM)

3. Production and distribution of tri-media

1. Eradication of infected plants alternate hosts and control of insect vectors

2. Enactment and implementation of ordinance

1. Production and distribution of virus-free plant materials

1. General supervision and management

2. Conduct meetings, conferences with LGUs, NGOs/NGAs re program implementation

3. Conduct monitoring and evaluation of established program/project

DA, UPPOS, HILROS

DA-ATI, SCUs

DA-AGCOM

DA, LGU

DA, ISU, QSC

DA, ORD/ARD

DA, PMED

- Region XII (variety not specified)

- 8,107 has. for expansion

- 3 community level processing plant

-3 screened house

- 1 bldg for expansion

- 2 new tissue laboratory

1.  Provision of good quality planting materials

2.  Provision of community level processing centers

3.  Provision of technical assistance (Training/Demo)

4.  Provision pf Post Harvest facilities (Packing house, packaging materials)

5.  Enhancement of marketing info system/net

6.  Establishment of screened house

7.  Maintenance of tissue laboratories

8.  Plant now pay later

1.  Identification of sites/farmers

2.  Strengthening of organization

3.  Sourcing of funds

4.  Continuous training

5.  Conduct trade mission/lakbay -aral

6.  Production of good quality planting materials

7.  Marketing dialogues/linkages/reconnaissance

-ARMM

(Saba and Cardava)

Increase production by 3% annually

1. Identification of more market outlets

2. Linking producers to end users

3. Assistance to investment loan outlays to banana growers

4. Encourage farmers to go on processing

5. Control of pest and diseases of banana

1. Encourage joint ventures with manufacturers

2. Allocate funds to provide farmers start-up capital to go on processing

3. More technology training on processing is introduced to farmers

4. Train more technicians