Partnerships in the Agricultural

Value-Chain Initiative:

ASKI’s Experience

41 Branches in 12 Provinces

Central and Northern Luzon

USD 17 Million in Portfolio

Challenges Met by Our Farmers

• Lack of awareness with new farming techniques

• Expensive farm inputs

• Natural disasters

• Lack of appropriate farm equipment

• Poor farm to market roads

• Lack of appropriate post-harvest equipment

• Unstable market price of farm produce

• Lack of reliable market

Initiative Capacity Building Programs

and other trainings and exposures

Partners International Rice Research

Institute

Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech)

Department of Agriculture

PhilRice

Central Luzon State University

Initiative Reducing cost of farm

inputs

Encourage use of organic fertilizer

Partners Commercial farm input

providers

ASKI Marketing Cooperative

Initiative Reducing farmers’

vulnerability to loss due to calamities

Partners Philippine Crop Insurance

Pioneer Micro Insurance

Agricultural Guarantee Fund Pool

Initiative Building market linkages

Partners San Miguel Corporation through

BMEG

Walter Mart, supermarket

Jollibee Foods Corporation

KABANGA Coop (Women’s Cooperative)

Composed of 62 women vegetable growers from 7 Barangays

In the first 7 weeks, 1,769 kgs with Gross Sales of Php. 49,341 (USD 1,150) was

delivered to Walter Mart Super Market

Initiative • Loans for farm

machineries with more affordable and convenient terms and conditions

Partners Department of Agriculture

Department of Science and Technology

Local government

Where we are going

Expanding the value-chain program

Capacity building for internal staff and project implementers

Demonstration farm

Expanding organic farming technology including BioGas initiative

Innovations mobile banking

Identifying other partner crop insurance providers with more appropriate coverage

Partnerships in the Agricultural

Value-Chain Initiative:

ASKI’s Experience