BUTUAN City The Project Convergence on Value Chain Enhancement for Rural Growth and Empowerment (Project Converge) of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) kicks off in Caraga with an Action Planning Workshop held on August 10-12, 2015, this city.
The project will cover four agrarian reform community clusters, one each from AgusandelNorte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur.
Ragandang also said that the project covers the product development and enhancement, institutional development, provision of equipment and infrastructure component like farm-to-market roads, to help the beneficiaries in marketing their produce and eventually improve their quality of life.
he project will be implemented from 2015-2020 and is co-funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) of the United Nations. pia