BICOL FEDERATION OF DAIRY COOPERATIVES 1. Contact Name organization: Bicol Federation of Dairy Cooperatives (BFDC) Address of main office: CBSUA Compound, San Jose, Pili, Camarines Su Municipality, Province: Pili, Camarines Sur Website (FB page): https://www.facebook.com/Bicol-Federation-of-Dairy-Cooperative-Official- Fanpage-423884264339790/ Email address:
[email protected] Contact person: Santiago Cervantes (chairperson within the organization) Email:
[email protected] Phone number: 054-4777200 Cellphone number: 09993949969 2. Organization Kind of organization: cooperative Area of coverage (municipalities/provinces…): Province of Camarines Sur in __ municipalities- Naga City, Pili, Tigaon, Goa, Sangay, Calabanga, Ocampo, Libmanan, Minalabac, Del Gallego Number of members: Regular members- 8 primary cooperatives; Affiliate members- 5 farmers agricultural association, 1 women’s association and 1 agricultural youth association. Total individual members of the cooperatives and associations: 4,685 members (membership includes 2,284 women and 564 youth). Short history: BFDC is a secondary cooperative engaged in dairy milk production, processing, and marketing. It started as an alliance of dairy producers in 2008 which was transformed into a federation of cooperatives in 2010 and started operating a dairy processing plant established with the support of the Land O Lakes Foundation in partnership with the Central Bicol State University of Agriculture. In 2006, the Land O Lakes Foundation aside from constructing a dairy processing plant also distributed about 300 dairy cattle animals as the sources of raw milk and in order to sustain the operation of the plant. The plant was operated with the purpose of promoting nutrition and supplying milk for the feeding program of the government and other NGOs.