Moving Up Innovations to Scale PAF D Moving Up Innovations to Scale Lessons from IFAD-Supported Development Interventions in the Philippines Philippine Association for Intercultural PAFID Development, Inc. Citation International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). 2014. Moving Up Innovations to Scale: Lessons from IFAD-Supported Development Interventions in the Philippines. IFAD, Manila, Philippines. Published by International Fund for Agricultural Development Together with Department of Agriculture Department of Agrarian Reform National Irrigation Administration International Potato Center International Rice Research Institute World Agroforestry Centre Philippine Association for Intercultural Development, Inc. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of IFAD. The publisher and authors encourage readers to quote, reproduce, disseminate, and translate materials from this book for their own use. 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ISBN: 978-971-95898-2-2 September 2014 Cover design: Dennis Caparros and Ariel Lucerna Contents Acknowledgments v Foreword vii Overview 1 School on Air: Facilitating Community Learning 5 Using Multimedia Revitalizing Indigenous Leadership 15 The Covenant Approach: Tapping Indigenous Communities 25 for Reforestation and Agroforestry Targeting and Reaching the Poorest: 33 the Poverty Alleviation Fund Local Farmers as Organizers of Irrigator Associations 45 Community-Based Seed Systems: 53 Improving Access to Quality Seeds Reaping the Rewards: Payments 63 for Watershed Services Farmer Business School: Enabling Smallholder Farmers 73 to Connect to New Markets Participatory 3-Dimensional Mapping: 83 Reclaiming Ancestral Domains Reflections: Where Lies the “GENIUS” of Scaling Up 93 Acronyms 97 Framing Questions on Scaling Up 99 Acknowledgments This publication was carried out with funding support from the International Fund for Agricultural Development Department of Agriculture—Second Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management Project World Agroforestry Centre–Rewards for, Use of and Shared Investment in Pro-poor Environmental Services–Second Phase International Rice Research Institute–Consortium for Unfavorable Rice Environments International Potato Center–Food Security Through Asian Roots and Tubers and with the contributions of the following people: Editorial Team Antonio Quizon Arma Bertuso [email protected] [email protected] Yolando Arban Lorna Calumpang [email protected] [email protected] Arma Bertuso Dave de Vera [email protected] [email protected] Robert Domoguen Writers [email protected] Sharleene Kay Alayan Caroline Duque-Piñon [email protected] [email protected] Leny Amparo Leo Gallego [email protected] [email protected] Yolando Arban Christine Marie Habito [email protected] [email protected] Crislyn Balangen Rodel Lasco [email protected] [email protected] Angelica Barlis Digna Manzanilla [email protected] [email protected] v Cameron Odsey Editor [email protected] Teresita Rola Antonio Quizon [email protected] [email protected] Glaiza Tabanao Graphic Artists [email protected] Dennis Caparros Annette Tobias [email protected] [email protected] Ivan Caparros Virginia Verora [email protected] [email protected] Marvin Magno [email protected] Resource Persons Gelia Castillo Illustrator [email protected] Ariel Lucerna Youqiong Wang [email protected] [email protected]/[email protected] Cheikh Sourang Secretariat [email protected]/[email protected] Vivian Azore Dominador Gomez [email protected] [email protected] Michelle Mendoza Ma. Susana Perez [email protected] [email protected] Lorna Calumpang Adviser [email protected] Julian Gonsalves Arsenia Perez [email protected] [email protected] vi Foreword Achieving sustainable impact has indeed been receiving increasing attention from the Philippine government and its development partners. This is in the context of ongoing debates about agriculture and rural development’s role in the post-2015 development agenda, the national efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals’ poverty reduction targets, and the Philippine Development Plan 2011- 2016. Meanwhile, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for the past 5 years has used a systematic approach for scaling up in the agricultural and rural development sector. This publication is a knowledge product to create new and partnership spaces and to present successful or promising innovations through several channels. This is based on a systematic use of a set of scaling-up framing questions to document approaches made for selected interventions in agriculture and rural development. The IFAD has supported this undertaking through its country programme in the Philippines. Therefore, we in NEDA are grateful for the many institutions and individuals who made this publication possible. First, we would like to thank government agencies such as the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Agrarian Reform, and the National Irrigation Administration. We are very grateful to IFAD and its supported programmes and projects in the Philippines and partner institutions such as the CIP, ICRAF, lRRl, and PAFID. Added to these are all the participants, contributors, and the team of facilitators for all of their substantive and financial contributions to this publication. Overall, we hope that this publication will induce further action, courage, innovation, and resolution in scaling up sustainable agricultural and rural development interventions. My sincere appreciation also goes to the IFAD President and management, the Director of Asia and the Pacific Division, and the Philippine country office for their commitment to a corporate scaling-up agenda as a critical mission. I am confident that their continued support and guidance will facilitate sharing of experiences locally and between countries and regions worldwide. Rolando G. Tungpalan Deputy Director General National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Republic of the Philippines vii Overview The Philippines is a growing middle-income Scaling up agenda in the country. In this country country. In 2013, annual growth in GDP reached context, the International Fund for Agricultural 7.2 percent. “The Philippines is no longer the Development (IFAD) has been working closely sick man of Asia, but a rising tiger.” There is with the Philippine government, partner macroeconomic stability and the fiscal situation institutions, and various stakeholders over of the government is sound and improving. the past 5 years in undertaking a systematic There is renewed business confidence. The approach to scaling up in the agricultural and rural fight against corruption is being waged with development sector. This includes: determination and transparency is improving 1. A pilot phase (2009/12) consisting of in government. There is also a framework stocktaking, learning and partnership agreement reached in Bangsamoro, which is building, which include institutional reviews seen as an important milestone for a final solution (of policies, strategies, procedures) with a in the struggle of the Moro people. scaling up lens, country and thematic case studies, and learning events (including staff There are also a number of challenges in the guidance stools and training sessions) social and economic development of the country– further expanding the productive capacity of 2. A mainstreaming phase (since 2013) that the economy; enhancing government policy for aims to internalize a scaling up mindset rapid, inclusive and sustained economic growth into the IFAD operational business model and development; regional economic integration for enhanced institutional efficiency and in East and Southeast Asia; empowerment of development impact. This phase consists of the poor and the vulnerable, especially poverty different levels of interventions at country, reduction for the rural poor and disadvantaged corporate, and international or regional groups; creating a favorable environment to levels, including development of scaling up generate more and better quality jobs for the frameworks and scalability assessments as a unemployed and underemployed; simplification collaborative exercise linked to IFAD country and streamlining of business regulations to programmes; identification and mobilization reduce the cost of doing business and to improve of financing and programmatic instruments the country’s competitiveness; reestablishment at corporate level; country and thematic of trust in the justice system, including support knowledge products and learning events; for community-based and traditional justice customized guidance tools (relative to land, mechanisms; adaptation to and mitigation of value chains, institutions, gender, targeting); climate change and disaster management; and staff training; and expanding the community further enhancing transparent and accountable of practice and learning alliance for scaling up governance. in agriculture and rural development. 1 This publication is a product of learning and The selected cases may be classified into three sharing events supported by IFAD and its partner types: institutions over the past 14 months, including 1. Innovative components or approaches a scaling up workshop in July 2013, an annual within projects. These are components country programme review in December