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
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