F2C2

FARM AND FISHERIES

CLUSTERING AND
CONSOLIDATION
PROGRAM
OUTLINE OF THE PRESENTATION
STRATEGY AND
OBJECTIVES 1 2 PROGRAM FOCUS

GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT AND

GUIDELINES 3 4 ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM

INFRASTRUCTURE SPECIAL COMPLIMENTARY

SUPPORT 5 6PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
OUTLINE OF THE PRESENTATION
INCENTIVES 7 8 PILOTING PHASE

TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

SUPPORT TEAM 9 10ON PILOT
IMPLEMENTATION

INSTITUTIONAL REPORTORIAL
ADJUSTMENTS IN THE 11 12 REQUIREMENTS
DEPARTMENT
STRATEGY and
OBJECTIVES
STRATEGY AND OBJECTIVES

ACCESS TO
IMPROVED CREDIT
STRONGER BARGAINING & FINANCING
ECONOMIES AND MARKETING
LINKAGES AND
OF SCALE Forge stronger POWER INVESTMENTS
Effectively linkages among Establish better
achieve and farm and fish Improve the access to sources of
benefit from producers to their bargaining and credit and financing
economies of commodity’s market power of and investments, and
scale in markets and the primary farm and as well better access
commodity bigger global fishery producers. to domestic and
production. value chain. export markets.
STRATEGY AND OBJECTIVES
TECHNOLOGIES,
MECHANIZATION,
LOGISTICS SUPPORT
Ensure greater availability and
wider utilization of agri-aqua
technologies, farm
mechanization, logistics and
transport support, and post-
harvest facilities.
ACTIVE
PARTNERSHIP INCREASE
S PRODUCTIVITY
Encourage active “Big Brother- AND INCOME OF
Small Brother” partnerships, joint
ventures, and contract growing
FARMERS
arrangements between Farmers
Cooperatives and Associations Effectively raise the overall
(FCAs) and the much larger productivity of the sector and
corporate enterprise and attract the incomes of Filipino
more private investments towards farmers and fishers.
the agriculture sector.
PROGRAM
FOCUS
Program Focus
 Grouping together of the crops, livestock and/or fish producers
within a community or adjacent communities on the basis of
proximity of their production areas, similarity of inputs, shared
production activities/processes and/or common final products, where
there is potential for unified management of production activities,
sourcing of inputs, access to financing, processing, logistics, storage,
marketing and enhanced quality of produce.
 Give priority focus to community production and processing
projects that promote coordinated and organized production and
value chain systems towards increased productivity as against the
small stand-alone traditional farming and fishing practices.
Program Focus
 Crops and plant-based products combined land resources/areas and
minimum production arrangements:
o Rice/Palay production - 100 hectares
o Corn and other grain crops - 75 hectares
o High value vegetable crops - 50 hectares
o Fruit trees and perennials - 100 hectares
o Fiber crops - 100 hectares
 Livestock production farm systems approaches:
o Feedmill centered-livestock production ecosystem for hogs,
poultry raisers and egg producers
o Agro-Pasture approach that provides for managed grazeland and
feed production systems in the case of small and large ruminants
o Well delineated community growing territories or farm areas
for free-range chicken and other livestock
Program Focus
 Fisheries and aquaculture arrangements:
o Community marine and fishery production zones or area-based
production enterprises within municipal waters
o Community fishery fleet – focuses on the facilities and equipment
jointly owned and managed as one enterprise
o Community fishpond leases – to revive the utilization of
unutilized and underused Fishpond Lease Agreements (FLAs)
GENERAL
PROGRAM
GUIDELINES
 COVERAGE

01 02 03 04 05 06

PASTURE LEASE ANCESTRAL FISHPOND MARINE AREAS COMMUNITY- LARGE-SCALE

AGREEMENTS DOMAIN LEASE AND INLAND BASED FAMILY-OWNED
LANDS AGREEMENTS WATERS LIVESTOCK CROP PRODUC-
With agriculture/ PRODUCTION TION LANDS
fisheries potential NETWORKS AND FACILITIES
With common In partnership with
service facilities F2C2 registered
e.g. SIDC community groups
LOCATION
The program shall provide support to crops, livestock and fisheries activities that are located in:

CONTIGUOU
S
PRODUCTION
PRODUCTIO NON-CONTIGUOUS
AREAS PRODUCTION
N That are not contiguous but in AREAS
AREAS close proximity among
participating beneficiaries That can be managed as a single
within a village going concern entity within a
municipality or Congressional
District
VALUE CHAIN ANCHOR
The following set of information shall be required from project proponents:

The program shall

be anchored on
improving the:

- Value Chain
Description Financial
of the Description Details of Projections
- Product
products of identified community-based should be based
Quality and the target production and on prudent
value chain markets and processing assumptions
support marketing operation leading towards
- Marketing activities channels medium to long
term profits and
operational
sustainability
REGISTRATION
 At least 75% of members of the participating groups and beneficiaries
shall be BONA-FIDE farmers and fishers officially listed in
RSBSA and FISHR registries.
 Participants to the Program shall first formally register with any of
the following government entities as agricultural producer group or
organization:

o Local Government Unit (LGU) as Barangay Micro

Business Entity
o Cooperative Development Authority (CDA)
o Securities and Exchange Commission
PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT &
QUALIFIED TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Program participants shall provide pertinent
Information should indicate: information regarding their:

 APPROPRIATE TRAINING KEY

 PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS
EXPERIENCES
relevant to their designated roles
TECHNICAL
The Professional Managers shall be ADVISERS
responsible for coordination of enterprise
activities of the clustered/consolidated enterprise FINANCIAL
and for ensuring that production activities have CONTROLLER
adequate access to required inputs, access to
finance, and to markets.
“BIG BROTHER-SMALL BROTHER”
PARTNERSHIPS That can provide relevant support and
expertise in terms of:
Program participants shall be encouraged
to:  PRODUCTION
 PARTNER  PROCESSING & STORAGE
TECHNOLOGIES &
EQUIPMENT
 LINK UP  TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS
ESTABLISHED
BUSINESS  BETTER ACCESS TO
 JOINT FINANCE AND MARKETING
ENTITIES
VENTURE NETWORKS
SUPPORT AND
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS
F2-PAP PRE-PRODUCTION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Activities and programs to focus on
INSTITUTION-BUILDING and TRAINING
to cover:
Marketing agricultural
Enterprise commodities, including
organization and Sustainable land
contract growing management
management arrangements
TRAINERS
COMMUNITY-
BASED
TRAINING/
F2C2 MANAGERS CAPACITY
BUILDING
Simplified Access to Promotion of ICT
business systems financing and in agriculture
and procedures investments
Assistance in the search
and competency
evaluation for prospective
community-based F2C2
Managers
F2-PSP PRODUCTION SUPPORT
PROGRAM
Programs to facilitate access to:

High quality Feeds, fertilizer, Tractors, Crop Land

seeds, breeders and crop mechanical tillers protection and preparation/
and broodstocks protection and harvesters support to levelling
supplies climate change services
adaptation
F2-PHP POST-HARVEST/
POST-PRODUCTION PROCESSING
Support and assistance towards acquisition,
establishment and use of
equipment and technologies to preserve and prolong shelf lives of agri-
products, including:

Rain-proofed
Sun drying
Systems & Air-
Post-harvest drying for Grains
Equipment and & Root crops
Specialized
Sorting facilities
F2-PacS PACKAGING AND
STORAGE BAGGING, BOX AND
POUCH
Assistance facility on technical PACKAGING, AND
and financing support in the
LABELLING
packaging and storage COMMUNITY-
EQUIPMENT
aimed at prolonging the OWNED
shelf lives of primary farm WAREHOUSES,
and fishery produce and COLD-STORAGE
agricultural commodities, AND BLAST-
including: FREEZE
FACILITIES
F2-TL TRANSPORT AND
LOGISTICS DA agencies, bureaus and units shall
design and implement support projects
and assistance programs on the
acquisition of:

ICT HARDWARE & COMMUNICATION

TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT RELEVANT SOFTWARE EQUIPMENT TO
for for DIGITAL SUPPORT
FARM PRODUCE LOGISTICS MARKETING
NETWORKS
F2-CPF CREDIT AND PROJECT
FINANCING
To further empower the clustered and consolidated farmer and
fisherfolk in terms of their ability to access credit
and project financing, including:

INDEX-BASED
AGRICULTURE INSURANCE SUPPORT FOR
FOR CROPS, PROJECT FEASIBILITY
CREDIT STUDIES
LIVESTOCK
RATING SYSTEM AND PREPARATION
FISHERIES
F2-MaRa MARKETING ASSISTANCE
To provide support and assistance to link up F2C2 participants to promotion and marketing
services towards stronger engagement with their sales channels and networks for agricultural
produce, including:
01 02 03 04
Par ticipation in the
Market Matching Setting up an Capacity building and
KADIWA with institutional Advanced Harvest
and eKADIWA assistance in the
and corporate Information formulation of
marketing buyers
channels Portal marketing plans

05 06
Organizing trade fairs
and exhibitions in Preparation of F2C2
partnership with Producer Catalogue
LGUs and trade and Directory
associations
INFRASTRUCTURE
SUPPORT
INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT
In collaboration with Local Government Units (LGUs) and other relevant agencies

AGRICULTURAL
FARM-TO-MARKET FARMLAND
1.ROADS 2. DEVELOPMENT 3. TRADING CENTERS
& WAREHOUSES

BULK FISH LANDING

COLD STORAGE
4. FACILITIES 5. TRANSPORTATION
AND AGRI SHIPPING 6. AND PROCESSING
CENTERS
TERMINALS

Domestic and Foreign Investments towards Public-Private Partnerships (PPP)

RAINWATER
IRRIGATION
7. SYSTEMS 8. HARVESTING
FACILITIES
 SPECIAL
COMPLEMENTARY
PROGRAMS AND
PROJECTS
SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP
WITH SSS
The Department shall coordinate and negotiate for a special partnership with the SSS
towards the establishment of the following:
SEPARATE SOCIAL
SECURITY
ARRANGEMENT SSS FINANCING
FOR THE WINDOW FOR
AGRICULTURE F2C2
SECTOR

Taking into account the advanced
age of most farmers and fisherfolk.
This may entail initial contribution
subsidies to be provided by the
Department, through budgetary
allocations from DBM and Congress
To provide financing assistance for the operational and
other long term facilities requirements of the clustered
projects of active SSS member-farmers and fisherfolk
groups. This may additionally include the creation of
special facilities and partnerships with the Agriculture
Credit and Policy Council (ACPC) and the Philippine
Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC)
F2-BLESS BASIC LIVING EXPENSES
SUPPORT SYSTEM
The Department of Agriculture shall institutionalize a system to provide
subsistence support for the family living expenses of F2C2 participating farmers
and fishers, in partnership with the local government units at the Provincial,
City/Municipal and Barangay levels.
This is to ensure that their respective families are regularly provided with
adequate support for their minimum basic needs as the F2C2 members wait for
the returns to cropping harvest and/or fishery catch.

BLESS shall serve as a service of the F2C2 enterprise to its farmer and fisher
members, with initial support and guidance from the Department and the LGUs.
F2-SCAN SUPPORT FOR
COMMUNICATION AND
NETWORKING
access to
The Department shall assist F2C2 organized groups in terms of
modern communication facilities and information technologies
(to include drones for agriculture) in order to enhance the production efficiency
and farm/fishery management, including access to their operational activities and
updated market information for their produce.
F2-SEI SCHOLARSHIPS AND
EDUCATION INITIATIVES
The Department shall endeavor to partner with the Department of Education
(DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) through their non-
formal education and distance learning programs in order to advance the
learning levels among members of the F2C2 production entities and groups.

The Department also intends to establish college scholarships for the children of F2C2
families, through the available resources from ATI and/or ACEF.
F2-PI Link PARTNERSHIPS
AND INVESTOR LINKAGING

The Agriculture and Marketing Assistance Service (AMAS) and its counterparts
un the DA Regional Offices and Bureaus shall encourage and initiate the conduct of
business to business matching between the F2C2 clusters and their potential
partners/investors and provide necessary assistance to promote “Big Brother-Small
Brother” partnerships.
F2-Extra EXTERNAL TRADE

The Department’s Foreign Agricultural Service shall be mobilized

to gather information on the trade and partnership
opportunities from their respective Posts and neighboring countries, and
assist in realizing marketing links for export trade as well as in
attracting potential foreign investors towards F2C2 production
ventures.
INCENTIVES
INCENTIVES
INCENTIVES FACILITATION
01  Duty-free importation on agri-fishery inputs, machinery,
equipment
and
 Tax holidays under the BOI and other relevant legislations

CREDIT ENHANCEMENTS
02  Technical support and online trainings from the ATI, ACPC, and DA
Regional Offices in project proposal preparation and documentation
 Training for F2C2 finance officers and accountants on financial
management and reporting

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
03  The Bureau of Agricultural research shall prioritize support for the
development and promotion of technologies for processing and
packaging of goods from primary and intermediate commodities
produced by F2C2 community groups.
PILOTING
PHASE
PILOTING PHASE
For the remaining period of 2020, all regional offices shall identify at least two (2) communities for pilot F2C2 pilot
projects at the district or municipal level. The said regional offices shall:

Provide technical Conduct search Assist in the

support in the for the organization of the
01 preparation of 02 professional 03 pilot F2C2
enterprise and
needed project managers and
feasibility studies finance officers registration of
and proposals to be hired by members who are
the F2C2 part of the
venture beneficiary groups
Arrange the
conduct of Provide technical Support the
04 relevant training
05 guidance
06
collection of
marketing
activities for the support
pilot communities production information for the
activities produce

Arrange for initial DA

support to enable the
07 F2C2 group to access
existing financial
assistance programs
TECHNICAL
SUPPORT
TEAM
TECHNICAL SUPPORT TEAM
The F2C2 Coordination and Technical Support Team is hereby created to perform the following roles,
and activities, to wit:

Coordinate with all DA Regional Offices, attached agencies, and bureaus in

the formulation of their respective F2C2 programs, and services.
Organize and maintain the national database of F2C2 projects/proponents and
individual member-beneficiaries.
Collate and summarize the pilot project proposals from the various Regional
Offices for presentation and approval by the Secretary.

Prepare regular progress reports from the same agencies and offices.
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
ON PILOT
IMPLEMENTATION OF
F2C2
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PILOT
IMPLEMENTATION OF F2C2
There is hereby created an Advisory Committee on the Pilot Implementation of the F2C2 Program (AdCom)
to be co-chaired by the Undersecretaries of Operations and of the Policy and Planning and with the following
DA Officials as members:
Undersecretary for High Value Crops

Undersecretary-designate, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic AdCom shall deliberate on F2C2

Resources community project plans and proposals
for the Secretary’s approval as well as
Assistant Secretary for Livestock other concerns that may possibly arise in
the pilot implementation of the F2C2
Director, Bureau of Plant Industry
Program
Director, Bureau of Animal Industry

Director, Bureau of Soils and Water Management

Director, Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering

INSTITUTIONAL
ADJUSTMENTS
IN THE DEPARTMENT
INSTITUTIONAL ADJUSTMENTS IN THE
DEPARTMENT
All bureaus, agencies, regional offices, banner programs, production support projects, and other
concerned offices and units of the Department shall submit their respective transition plans of action
and work program re-alignments to ensure that highest priority will be directed towards Farm and
Fisheries Clustering and Consolidation Program and its assistance activities, with the end in view of
effectively serving the highest number of program beneficiaries and agriculture and fishery
communities in all regions of the country.

A transition review team to be co-chaired by the Undersecretaries for Operations and the Policy and
Planning Group with two representatives each from the Operations Group, Administration and
Finance, and the Policy and Planning Group shall conduct study on the institutional adjustments
and support mechanisms that will be needed for enhanced implementation of the F2C2 Program to
be submitted to the Office of the Secretary within 60 days.

The team shall also consider and recommend on organizational adjustment at the regional level,
taking into account the need to strengthen the linkages between the Department and LGUs, and the
requirements of the F2C2 Program.
 REPORTORIAL
REQUIREMENTS
REPORTORIAL REQUIREMENTS
All production support programs, including technical and financing activities in the Department
and its attached agencies shall submit reports to the Secretary, through the Advisory Committee,
at the end of each month on the following:

 Existing Programs and Activities in terms of the unit’s or agency’s contribution to F2C2
 Programs, Activities and Projects not affected by the F2C2 Program
 Coordination activities and concerns of the DA Regional Offices with the LGUs

The Monitoring and Evaluation Division (MED) of the Planning and Management Services
(PMS) shall assist in the collection of the reports and submissions from the various DA agencies
and units and prepare summaries and updates as needed by the Secretary and the Advisory
Committee.
 EFFECTIVITY
This Administrative Order shall take effect
immediately.
End of Presentation

THANK YOU!
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Department of Agriculture Region 4A
Southern Tagalog Integrated Agricultural Research Center,
@DA4CALABARZON
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