FY 2014 PCAARRD LIST OF GRANTS-IN-AID PROGRAMS/PROJECTS Pnoy Key Result Total Project Program Title Project Title Description of Program/Project/Objectives Expected Output/Target Implementing Agency (Lead) Beneficiaries Start End Status 2014 PCAARRD GIA Areas (KRA) Cost S&T Community Based Farm on Strengthening the Abaca S&T Community Based Farm on Strengthening the Rapid, inclusive, and Abaca fiber is one of the major agricultural exports of the Improved farm productivity and increased production of quality fiber DOST Region VIII NGAs, SUCs, LGUs, farmer groups, 12/1/2014 11/30/2017 NEW 6,725,328 2,044,075.00 Production Through Rehabilitation and Nursery Management Abaca Production Through Rehabilitation and sustained economic Philippines known as the Manila hemp. The plant is grown in from the current 20kg/ha/yr to 1200 kg/ha/yr starting 2017; 2. processors and market clients in Sogod, Southern Leyte Nursery Management in Sogod, Southern Leyte most part of the Philippines with the key growing areas Establish 2 demonstration and 4 nursey farms for HYVs abaca; 3. growth spread across Bicol, Eastern Visayas and Southern Common service facilities to the 4 identified barangays. 4. Trained Mindanao regions. A major challenge faced by the abaca beneficiaries; 5. Enhanced active linkages with other NGAs, SUCs, industry in Eastern Visayas is the low productivity brought LGUs, farmer groups, processors and market clients. about by the prevalence of disease particularly the abaca bunchy top virus (ABTV). Being one of the major crops in the region and as income-generating industry in the agriculture sector, there is a need to invest more in the abaca industry. 1. To improve farm productivity and increase the productivity and increase the production of quality fiber from the current 20kg/ha/yr to 1200 kg/ha/yr starting 2017 due to use of high yielding and virus-resistant hybrids (HYVs). 2. To showcase the S&T based farming of abaca through the establishment of 2 demonstrations and 4 nursey farms for HYVs abaca. 3. To provide common service facilities to the 4 identified barangays. 4. To build capabilities of beneficiaries through trainings. 5. To build and enhance active linkages with other NGAs, SUCs, LGUs, farmer groups, processors and market clients. Disease Indexing for Banana and Citrus: An NVSU- Disease Indexing for Banana and Citrus: An NVSU- Poverty reduction and To develop a disease indexing laboratory in NVSU which will A disease indexing facility in NVSU performing serology and DNA- NVSU Banana farmer organizations, 12/1/2014 11/30/2016 NEW 4,998,038 3,833,382.00 PCAARRD-DOST Research and Service Facility for PCAARRD-DOST Research and Service Facility for empowerment of the serve as a research and a service facility that can help in based disease detection for BBTV, BMV, HLB, and CTV. growers, researchers, nurseries Cagayan Valley Cagayan Valley poor and vulnerable disease management for banana and citrus and support the implementation of a quality planting material production system in Cagayan Valley. (1) Enhance the existing NVSU facility for serology and PCR-based detection of BBTV, BMV, HLB, and CTV; (2) Provide disease indexing service to banana and citrus growers (nurseries and farms) in Cagayan Valley; (3) Establish a quality planting material production and disease management system in Nueva Vizcaya anchored on partnership with the local government units and covering banana and citrus nurseries and farms; (4) Map present disease incidence of BBTV in banana and HLB in citrus farms of Nueva Vizcaya as benchmark information; (5) Monitor disease incidence and productivity in the established system and smallhold farms accessing NVSU planting materials; (for traceability); (6) Coordinate with the Regional Development Council and provincial local government units the disease indexing of mother plants/trees and seedling nurseries and appropriate handling of infected materials; (7) Confirm using DNA-based detection, strains of BBTV and HLB in production areas of Nueva Vizcaya and Cagayan Valley; (8) Test on the application of bulk DNA analysis for an efficient yet reliable molecular detection of BBTV and HLB in nursery seedlings; (9) Develop and Enhancement of tissue culture propagation protocol using Enhancement of tissue culture propagation protocol Poverty reduction and The project aims to refurbish USM TC lab to provide clean 120,000 Lakatan and 60,000 Cardaba planting materials produced USM 1 tissue culture laboratory and 1 3/15/2013 3/14/2016 ON GOING 4,978,532 933,558.00 male bud/floral apex of banana using male bud/floral apex of banana empowerment of the banana planting materials and evaluate the potential of using by the USM tissue culture laboratory; protocol for banana mass banana nursery; banana farmers poor and vulnerable male bud/floral apex in banana micropropagation. propagation using male bud/ floral apex Enhaned Productivity of Lakatan and Saba/cardaba in Enhaned Productivity of Lakatan and Saba/cardaba Poverty reduction and The project aims to improve the productivity of smallhold Demonstrated the effectiveness of introduced interventions versus USM 36 Lakatan and 36 Saba growers 4/1/2013 3/31/2016 ON GOING 5,063,051 350,933.00 Region 12 in Region 12 empowerment of the local banana growers in selected pilot areas of the Cotabato existing farmer's practice under a community-based approach of poor and vulnerable Region through the application of integrated crop banana production in Region 12 management (ICM) strategies and good agricultural practices (GAP) MS-Led Community Based Banana (Saba/Cardaba) MS-Led Community Based Banana (Saba/Cardaba) Rapid, inclusive, and This project aims to rehabilitate using S&T-based Provided trainings on banana-cardaba production, disease free DOSCST Banana Cardaba Farmers 6/17/2013 6/16/2015 ON GOING 2,790,592 370,660.00 Farming System in Davao Oriental Farming System in Davao Oriental sustained economic approaches the banana-cardaba production areas in the plantlets/ seedlings, fertilizers and will be assisted in the field planting. Typhoon Pablo affected municipalities in Davao Oriental. The FITS Center is encouraged to establish a banana-cardaba growth nursery for other farmers who wants to avail of suckers/ seedlings, and would be able to provide technical assistance, production and reproduction of IEC materials for dissemination. MS-Led Community Based Coconut and Banana Farming MS-Led Community Based Coconut and Banana Rapid, inclusive, and This project aims to promote the Integrated Crop Establish a 0.25 hectare each or a total of 8.25 hectares of coconut SPAMAST Coconut and banana farmers 6/17/2013 6/16/2015 ON GOING 3,566,659 496,263.00 Systems in Davao del Norte Farming Systems in Davao del Norte sustained economic Management and Good Agricultural Practices in banana and and banana farming systems to help them recover from the coconut farming system in Typhoon Pablo-affected devastation brought by Typhoon Pablo. growth municipalities of Davao del Norte through Magsasaka- Siyentista-led approach MS-Led Community Based Coconut and Banana Production MS-Led Community Based Coconut and Banana Rapid, inclusive, and This project aims to promote the coconut and banana Promote the coconut and banana intercropping systems in Monkayo USeP Coconut and banana farmers 6/16/2013 6/15/2015 ON GOING 2,606,686 351,784.48 Systems in Campostela Valley Production Systems in Campostela Valley sustained economic production systems in Monkayo and Nabunturan, and Nabunturan in Compostela Valley province through the Compostela Valley province through the Magsasaka- Magsasaka-Siyentista (MS). The USeP-Mabini old nursery was growth Siyentista approach enhanced to back-up the expanded volume of production from the expected increase of demand for planting materials. Multi-location Evaluation of Naturally-Selected Saba Strains Multi-location Evaluation of Naturally-Selected Saba Poverty reduction and The project aims to evaluate naturally-selected and Produced at least 10,000 planting materials of potentially dwarf UPLB Saba growers, 1 tissue culture 10/1/2013 9/30/2016 ON GOING 24,371,995 5,997,895.00 with Short Stature and Field Evaluation of Irradiated Strains with Short Stature and Field Evaluation of empowerment of the irradiated Saba/ Cardaba strains with short stature and early Saba for field establishment and evaluation in 6 provinces laboratory, researchers Saba/Cardaba Irradiated Saba/Cardaba poor and vulnerable maturity Page 1 of 45 Pnoy Key Result Total Project Program Title Project Title Description of Program/Project/Objectives Expected Output/Target Implementing Agency (Lead) Beneficiaries Start End Status 2014 PCAARRD GIA Areas (KRA) Cost Multilocation performance evaluation of a new banana Multilocation performance evaluation of a new Poverty reduction and The project aims to make Lakatan banana production more Recommended BBTV-resistant Lakatan line; agronomic and yield UPLB Lakatan growers 4/1/2013 3/31/2016 ON GOING 11,671,058 2,487,334.91 bunchy top virus (BBTV)- resistant lakatan cultivar banana bunchy top virus (BBTV)- resistant lakatan empowerment of the profitable to small farmers by reducing losses due to banana data of BBTV-resistant Lakatan in 4 provinces (Quirino, Cavite, cultivar poor and vulnerable bunchy top virus infection by 20% through adoption of Laguna, and Davao) disease resistant cultivars. S&T Management Approaches Against Fusarium Wilt Project 1. Adaptability Trial of Seven Promising Rapid, inclusive, and The program aims to reduce Fusarium wilt tropical race 4 Cavendish SMARRDEC a) 233 banana (Cavendish, Lakatan, 1/1/2012 7/1/2015 ON GOING 4,048,388 1,226,194.18 (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Cubense, Foc.) on Cavendish in GCTCV Somaclones against Fusarium wilt ] sustained economic (TR4) incidence by 90-95% in Mindanao through the use of a) Best-performing and market-acceptable GCTCV somaclone as and Saba) farmers/growers, 4 tissue Mindanao resistant varieties and biocontrol agents and determine substitute for Grand Naine (Cavendish) suited under Philippine culture laboratories, and 1 banana growth areas infected by Foc TR4 as quarantine measure.