Third LSFM Regional Training Workshop: Field Visit to NorMin Veggies

Field Visit to NorMin Veggies

The participants went to Bukidnon to visit the learning and production site of the Northern Mindanao Vegetable Producers’ Association, Inc. (NORMIN Veggie). There, they were shown how model farms are tested and piloted and how the association is able to address competitiveness, economy of scale, and regular delivery issues. After visiting the farm, they went to NORMIN Veggie’s trading center in Cagayan de Oro City where products are temporarily kept and stored before reaching the market.

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On July 28-July 2, 2009, AsiaDHRRA co‐hosted by the Philippines Partnership for the Development of Human Resource held the Third Regional Training Workshop entitled “The importance of commodity‐based associations of small producers in addressing competitiveness and for successful market engagements” under the Linking Small Farmers Project (LSFM) supported by the ASEAN Foundation and the World Rural Forum.

This training workshop is designed towards generating deeper understanding of the marketing and importance of commodity-based associations of small producers. More importantly, this training workshop is envisioned to facilitate the stage of forming structures and mechanism that will facilitate the productive, successful and sustainable engagement of small farmers with markets.

This training workshop is the third of a series of programmatic training workshops at the regional level. In the three (3) pilot countries, there are also at least five (5) training workshops tailored to the realities of each country are being implemented.

AsiaDHRRA is implementing an ASEAN Foundation-funded project entitled “Linking Small Farmers to Market” in an effort to establish a pilot model that if given a favourable policy environment, provided with necessary support, small farmers are able to benefit higher prices of their agricultural produce and become more competitive in the market.

In implementing this “Linking Small Farmers to Market,” AsiaDHRRA has entered into partnership with the Center for Study for the Development of Agriculture in Cambodia (CEDAC), the Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (PhilDHRRA) and the Viet Nam Farmers Union (VNFU) and Bina Desa to implement the project in 4 pilot countries in Southeast Asia, namely: Cambodia, Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia.

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