Activity Title Clustering Approach as a strategy for Sustainable Social Enterprise

Development in addressing food security, nutrition, socio-economic status and

climate change issues through Goat Milk Production in the Municipality of
Ramos, Tarlac, Philippines.

Brief Activity  Proposed General Activity:

Summary (150 words)  Clustering and Upgrading of Dairy Goat breeds in the
locality;
-Data Collection and Assessment
-Coordination with National Dairy Authority and DOST
- Coordination with partners and organizing the SWG
- Clustering of Goat Farmers
- Farmers Livestock School on Dairy Goat Production and
Breeding
- Workshop on the Agroenterpise Plan
- Institutionalization of cluster groups into cooperative
 Establishment of Goat Milk Processing and Breeding Center:
- Construction of Processing and Breeding Center
- Establishment of Forage Garden
- Training on Goat Milk Processing
- Training on Food Safety
- Procurement and Installation of Milking, Processing
Breeding equipment
 Marketing and Partnership
- Coordination with Department of Education,
Supermarkets, Milk Companies and Social Enterprises
- Promotion and Distribution of Dairy Goat Products
 The proposed activity is designed for the Farmers and 4Ps beneficiary
of Municipality of Ramos, Tarlac who are currently engage in goat
raising using native goat breeds.
 This aims to upgrade the breed of goats and engage in goat milk
production and institutionalized the farmer groups for collective
marketing.
 This also aims to create a social enterprise that will address issues on
food security, nutrition, socio-economic status of farmers and climate
change;

Sector Income Generation, Energy and Environment

SDG Goal 1: No Poverty

 By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere,
currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day.
 By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and
children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to
national definitions.
 By 2030 ensure that all men and women, particularly the poor and the
vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access
to basic services, ownership, and control over land and other forms of
property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology,
and financial services including microfinance
Goal 2 : End Hunger achieve Food Security and Improved Nutrition and
Promote Sustainable Agriculture

 By 2030 end hunger and ensure access by all people, in

particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations
including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year
round
 By 2030 end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving by
internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children
under five years of age, and address the nutritional needs of
adolescent girls, pregnant and postpartum women, and older
persons
 By 2030 double the agricultural productivity and the incomes of
small-scale food producers, particularly women, indigenous
peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including
through secure and equal access to land, other productive
resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets,
and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment
 By 2030 ensure sustainable food production systems and
implement resilient agricultural practices that increase
productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems,
that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change,
extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters, and
that progressively improve land and soil quality
 By 2020 maintain genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants,
farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species,
including through soundly managed and diversified seed and
plant banks at national, regional and international levels, and
ensure access to and fair and equitable sharing of benefits
arising from the utilization of genetic resources and associated
traditional knowledge as internationally agreed2.c. Adopt
measures to ensure the proper functioning of food commodity
markets and their derivatives, and facilitate timely access to market
information, including on food reserves, in order to help limit
extreme food price volatility

Goal 4 : Ensure Quality Education and Promote Lifelong Learning

Opportunities for all
 By 2030 ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable
quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including
university.

Goal 5 : Achieve Gender Equality and Empower all Women and Girls
 Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic
 resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land
and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance, and
natural resources in accordance with national laws

Goal 8 : Promote Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth,

Employment and Decent Work for all
 Promote development-oriented policies that support productive
activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and
innovation, and encourage formalization and growth of micro-,
small-and medium-sized enterprises including through access
to financial services
 By 2030 achieve full and productive employment and decent
work for all women and men, including for young people and
persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
 By 2020 substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in
employment, education or training
 Protect labor rights and promote safe and secure working
environments of all workers, including migrant workers,
particularly women migrants, and those in precarious
employment

Activity location Ramos, Tarlac, Philippines

Information about This section seeks information about your organisation’s existing and planned
Previous or Existing work in the target community, and related work occurring in other
Activity/Program communities. Under the Friendship Grants program, the Activity is
Operations considered to include the work that will occur over a one-year funding period.
Activity Development Outcomes/Effectiveness
What positive  Strengthened Capacity and Productivity of Farmers and Women:
change(s) could the Farmers and women are expected to have improved economic
community expect to capacity thru access to technical trainings, latest technologies,
see at the end of your improved breeds, tools, equipment and employment;
Activity? (max 200)  Competitive and Sustainable Enterprise:
The farmers are expected to be market competitive thru
institutionalization into a cooperative, collective marketing and self-
sustaining social enterprise;
 Adopted Sustainable Dairy Goat Production:
The farmers have stable goat milk production in the face of climate
change.

How will you measure  The number of cluster organized

this change? (max 15  The number of trained famers and women
0)  The number of productive upgraded goats
 The number of women employed
 The number of dairy products produced
  The net sales of the social enterprise
Budget

Amount Requested($) $ 100,000 (Php 5,000,000) for 1-2 years of implementation

Internal Local counterparts:

Contribution($) / If  The land for the processing and breeding center;
possible  Land for the forage garden;
 Operation and Maintenance of the center;
 Goats for Upgrading

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