Republic of the Philippines

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

Elliptical Road, Diliman
1100 Quezon City

ORGANIC AGRICULTURE
LIVELIHOOD PROJECT OUTLINE

1. Proponent Information
Organization’s name : Bulacan District 3 Organic Farmers Association
Project title : Organikong Pangkabuhayan para sa Ikatlong Distrito ng
Bulacan
Address : Brgy. Mataas na Parang, San Ildefonso, Bulacan
Contact person : Jocelyn D. Reyes
Designation : Chairperson
Contact number : 0917-566-7215

2. Situational Aspect/Rationale

The Bulacan District 3 Organic Farmers Association (BD3OFA) is composed of

organic farmers groups and individuals in the District 3 of Bulacan. The
association was formed through the initiatives of Department of Agriculture
Regional Field Office 3, Provincial Agriculture Office of Bulacan and the LGU
partners in the Third District of the Province to participate on the Farm Fisheries
Clustering Consolidation (F2C2) Program for Organic Agriculture in the Region.

The BD3OFA has officially registered at the Securities and Exchange Commission
on October 5, 2022 with the Registration No. 2022100070852-03 with total of 25
members with the total area of more than 45.1 hectares composed of organic
pigmented rice, organic crops, animals and organic soil amendments production.

The association aims the third district of the Bulacan to be the organic center of
the province. In line with this, the availability of high quality hence affordable
organic inputs such as organic fertilizers, foliar fertilizers and organic or open
pollinated variety seeds are the targets of the association to produce in order to
easily promote the practice of organic agriculture to the local farmers. In
addition, the exclusivity of post harvest facilities for locally produced organic
pigmented rice is very limited in the area whereas the prevention of any possible
contaminants from non organic produce is the things to consider in the organic
production. Thus this organic livelihood project proposal was formulated.

3. Objectives
Generally, the livelihood project was formulated to help the association in the
production of organic products from the organic inputs (non food) up to the
production of organically grown pigmented rice, vegetable and animal products.
Specifically, this project aims to:
a. Provide organic input supplies for the production of vermicast, compost,
african night crawler, organic concoctions and other organic inputs;
 b. Provide female breeder cattle for dispersal in order to increase the
production of organic meat and milk for human consumption and manure
for compost production;
c. Provide the association of organic/opv seeds and other farm supplies for
organic crop production;
d. Capacitate the members of the association in technical aspects of every
production components of the project specially in organic crops and
animal production up to the marketing strategies prior to certification
and registration as Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) group;
e. Provide the association of multi-purpose drying pavement and palay &
rice bodega that are exclusive for organic produced;

4. Market Aspects
Monthly, there are 3 tonne of pigmented rice palay (red, black and brown)
market demand in the association for institutional buyers with the farm gate
price of 24-28 pesos per kilogram of dried pigmented palay. Furthermore, the
organic trading post (OTP) in the municipality of San Ildefonso will be the
market hub of the association in consolidation of organic produce (organic
inputs, crops, animal products and other processed products) in District 3 for the
local consumers. Aside from this, the association is on the process of establishing
of one-day organic market per week in four municipalities in District 3 of
Bulacan such as San Miguel, San Ildefonso, San Rafael and Doñ a Remedios
Trinidad (DRT).

5. Technical Aspects
This section explains the project with description by components including the
following information: (a) operating capacity; (b) availability of the project site;
(c) the operation flow and activities of the project (e.i production up to
marketing), specifications of machinery and facilities needed; (d) volume of
existing and projected production, specific outputs; and, (e) supplemental
documents such as Detailed Engineering Design, Program of Works and basis of
cost estimates. Provide all assumptions used and attached as Annexes (i.e
recovery rate, volume of raw materials, stocking density, crop production plan,
etc.).

6. Financial Aspects
This should include the total project cost/budgetary requirements presented per
source of funds using the table below.

Total Project
Quantity Unit Cost Fund Sources
Components/Line Item Cost (PhP)
(A) (B) (A x B) DA-NOAP Other DA Unit
Organic Fertilizers
      420,000 200,000
Production Support
Molasses 1500kg 60 90,000 90,000  
ANC 250kg 800 200,000 200,000  
Plastic Drums 20pcs 2,000 40,000 40,000  
Weighing Scale 1unit 10,000 10,000 10,000  
Shredder Machine 2 units 100,000 200,000   200,000
*Other Supplies     100,000 100,000  
           
Diversified Production
         
Support
A. Organic Crop
      540,000 150,000
Production Support
Organic/OPV Seeds 50kg 3,000 150,000 150,000  
Pigmented Rice seeds 2,000kg 150 300,000 300,000  
Multi-cultivator 1 unit 150,000 150,000   150,000
Other supplies (plastic
90,000 90,000  
mulch, superfine net & etc.)
B. Organic Livestock
      1,200,000 0
Production Support
Breeder Female Cattle 20heads 50,000 1,000,000 1,000,000  
 5,000
Forage Planting Materials      
cuttings -
Feed Pelletizer 2unit 200,000 200,000 200,000  

C. Trainings       420,000 0
Organic Agriculture
    420,000 420,000  
Production
           
Post-harvest Facilities       2,400,000 1,000,000
Organic Pigmented Rice
1 building 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,800,000  
Storage
Multi-purpose drying
1 infra 600,000 600,000 600,000  
pavement (800sq.m.)
Four Wheel Tractor 1 unit 1,000,000 1,000,000   1,000,000
GRAND TOTAL       5,000,000 1,350,000

Also, a separate table must be presented showing the proponent’s equity of not
less than 20% of the total project cost using the table below.

(FOR CHECKING)
 Proponent’s Counterpart
Components/Line Item Total Counterpart
Cash In Kind
Land (2000sq.m) 1,000,000 1,000,000
Labor 208,000 208,000
Composting Facilities 500,000 500,000
Vermibeds with shed,
Concoction facilities,
compost storage
Farm Machineries 300,000 300,000
(handtractor,
transplanter & shallow
tube well)
Training Facilities 1,000,000 1,000,000
Working Capital 200,000 200,000
TOTAL 200,000 3,008,000 3,208,000

Likewise, provide projected financial reports such as Income Statement, Cash

Flow, and Balance Sheet with computation on the revenue stream of the
livelihood project and the Return on Investment (ROI). Please submit this
computation in an excel format.

7. Economic Aspects
This includes the projected improvements in the welfare of the beneficiaries and
the country as a whole, such as: (a) increase in farmers' income, (b) increase in
certified organic area and OA farm producers, (c) increase in number of
clients/consumers, (d) increase in volume and value/price of OA products, and,
(e) jobs generated.

8. Organizational/Institutional Arrangements
This includes the background of the organization/proponent and competitive
advantages such as farmer members, organic agriculture certified area and
potential farmers and areas for certification, support of the LGUs through OA
ordinances, and linkages with other government agencies and private partners.
The mechanics of project implementation should be described in order to
determine the specific duties, responsibilities, and activities of each of the key
stakeholders.

9. Implementation Arrangements and Schedule

This includes the implementation strategies and implementation period. This
also includes a Gantt Chart and Work and Financial Plan (WFP) presented below:

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD PROPONENT FUNDS FROM

DA -NOAP
(YEAR/MONTH) COUNTERPART OTHER BUDGET (PHP)
ACTIVITIES FUNDS
FUNDS SOURCES (A+B+C)
(A)
Y/M1 Y/M2 Y/M3 Y/Mn (B) (C)

The WFP must be accompanied by computations submitted in excel format with

traceable formula.
 10.Sustainability and Risk Management Plan
This section should provide information on the preparedness of the
proponents/FCAs to manage the impact of the natural calamities to the
livelihood projects. Likewise, identify the different risks that the organization
may encounter (i.e. occurrence of pests and diseases, calamities that would affect
production, and environmental concerns) and mitigating measures that could be
applied if the risks occur. To facilitate this, the PRDP’s Business Continuity Plan
template will be adopted using the template below.
Resources to
Preparedness Measures Response Early Recovery
Protect
  What pre-disaster activities What activities will you do What activities will you do
will you do to ensure that during the disaster to after the disaster to recover
that identified assets are secure/manage the the identified assets? You may
ready? You may refer to the identified assets? You may refer to the items identified in
items identified in the BC refer to the items identified the BC Strategy Sheet
Strategy Sheet in the BC Strategy Sheet
Equipment Ensure the weighing scale Stand by equipment should Check if stand by equipment
and incubator to be placed be secured from flood and is ready to operate
in a secure a dry storage strong winds
Inventory Creating buffer stocks Buffer stocks are being Check if buffer stocks can still
enough for 3 months secured and placed in an be used
processing requirement elevated storage place
Building / Facility Make sure infra (processing Secure/board doors and Cleaning and repair of
center) is typhoon resilient windows damage facilities

Data * Make sure all-important * All backup data and Check back up data
documents are intact documents are placed in a
* All data are encoded dry and safe vault.
electronically and saved in a
Flash drive/ Hard drive

Stock of raw materials

Always ensure there is
should be covered by net to Re-collection and recovery of
Supply Chain enough raw materials
lessen the loss/ damage husks that can be used
(coconut husks)
caused by typhoon or flood.

Prepared and submitted by: Reviewed by:

JOCELYN D. REYES ELMA S. MANANES

Chairperson, BD3OFA Chief, Field of Operations Division

Recommending Approval: Approved:

DR. EDUARDO L. LAPUZ, JR. CRISPULO G. BAUTISTA, JR.

RTD for Operation and Extension Regional Executive Director, DA-RFO3