LGU execs vow to support PRDP

NEWLY-ELECTED local chief executives have vowed to continue to support and implement the projects under the government and World Bank’s agenda to modernize agriculture.

Davao Oriental Gov. Nelson L. Dayanghirang said his administration will support the implementation of the Department of Agriculture’s Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) which has benefited the province in the past years.

“We will continue especially those which have been started by the previous administration and even those at the pipeline,” Dayanghirang said during the Mati City leg of PRDP Information Caravan.

“If there are problems, we will find solution to make (the implementation) successful,” he added.

Davao Regional Project Coordinating Offices (RPCO) of PRDP conducted recently Information Caravan to ensure that local officials both newly elected and those with fresh mandate sustain the partnership with local government units.

Among the leading implementer of PRDP, Davao Region has a total P2.42 billion portfolio under PRDP’s Intensified Building Up of Infrastructure and Logistics for Development (IBuild) component, of which, seven are ongoing projects with a total amount of P768.37 million.

While, under the Investments in Rural Enterprise and Agri-fishery Productivity (Ireap) component, PRDP has approved the Davao City’s P26-milion Cacao Production and Marketing of Dry-Fermented Beans and the P19.06 million Cacao Production and Beans marketing of Kapalong, Davao del Norte.

Gov. Anthony del Rosario supported the same sentiment as Davao del Norte remains among the top implementing province of PRDP.