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Agri-Pinoy in2011 and Beyond

Continuity and Change

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AGRI-PINOY:

Kahapon, Ngayon,

at Bukas

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Kahapon

Agrikulturang Pinoy or Agri-Pinoy

Set of principles and practices focused ondeveloping Philippine resources andcapabilities to meet Philippine needs

Four guiding principles of Agri-Pinoy:

Food security and self-sufficiency

Sustainable agriculture and fisheries

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Bridging the gap. Touching the heart.

Emphasis on making our

constituency feel our sincerity so thatthey will trust us and respond to ourcall for partnership

Formation of Agri-Pinoy task force andTWG

NgayonAgri-Pinoy in DA: The First Six

Months

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Mainstreaming Agri-Pinoy in the DA

Agri-Pinoy as the strategicframework for all of the DAsprograms

A call to adopt Agri-Pinoy as regional

agri-development frameworks

Bukas

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The key elements of this strategicframework, which can be used as an

Agri-Pinoy Check List are thefollowing:

Agri

Broad-based Partnership

Farm to Table Sustainable Farming

Systems

Resiliency

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Agri

Why broad-based?

Because there is an increasing demand from an

increasing population. We need to increase theproductivity of the broadest numbers of producers

Because we need a broader and more varied base

to insure sustainability and resilience in the face ofclimate change and the global market

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Agri

What are the implications?

The DAs services and resourcesmust be proportionately and equitablyallocated to small, medium, and

large players

The DAs services and resources

must appreciate the role of the various

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Agri

Partnerships with:

Other national government agencies

especially its Convergence partners DAR and DENR

This is open to other national

agencies

Local governments, who have the

responsibility to insure food security

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Agri

The farm represents interventionsin production: from soil and water

management, extension, seeds andfertilizers, post-harvest processing,credit and marketing etc.

The table represents the DAsintervention to insure food security,

safety and quality for the

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Agri-Pinoy

Minimize the dependence on importsto meet national food requirements

Promote and develop technologicalinterventions that increase productivity

while ensuring sustainabilityRecognize the limits of the carryingcapacity of our natural resources

increase the capability of our human

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Sustainability includes preparing thesuccessor generation

Promote appreciation of agricultureespecially among young people e.g.Gulayan sa Paaralan in partnership

with the DepEd, learning lessons from4-H Clubs and other previous youthprograms

Agri-Pinoy

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Agri

Sustainability and resilience are bothecological and economic, addressing

both bio-physical and marketchanges

Climate change and vulnerabilities

58% of our production sites arevulnerable to climate impact

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Agri

Empowerment of farmersincluding information about risks

Diversification of crops, farm systems

and value-adding technologies

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Challenges for the DA

Convergence among DA units andagencies

Professionalism within the DA family

Governance: Transparency,Accountability

and Participation

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Challenges for the DA

Once more, with feeling:

Bridge the gap, touch the heart

People must feel/experience ouroncern and sincerity so that they willrust us and respond to our call

o participate in Agri-Pinoy

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THANK

YOU!