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mounted by the local government to obtain the needed mass base
support for the modernization program.
Community involvement and stakeholdership intensified as people
reaped the gains from the program. The farming and fishing households
could only contribute their time and effort when the program began. But
after each successful undertaking, as their household income increased,
program beneficiaries were able to provide inputs and to contribute
materials and meals during field days. Today, they can undertake
program replications in their own farms, using their own resources.
Ensuring Sustainability
Given the program accomplishments, the challenge is to ensure that the
gains are further expanded and sustained. To accomplish this, the city
government, in partnership with the various stakeholders, undertook to
institutionalize the following measures:
Agricultural and Fishery Modernization Strategic Planning. Strategic
planning was undertaken with different stakeholders to validate existing
conditions, agree on goals, objectives and priorities, and generate
solutions, commitments and support around the program.
Medium Term Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Plan
(MTAFDP). The MTAFMP was approved and adopted by the Municipal
Development Council and the Sangguniang Bayan. This ensured that
the annual program components would be included in the Annual
Development Plan and funded in the annual budget.
Organization, Federation and Continuous Education of
Beneficiaries. The farmers, fishefolk, farm women, and farm youth were
organized, federated, trained and formed into cooperatives. They are
now capable of operating the different program components.
People’s Active Involvement in Good Urban Governance.
Promoting the security of the poor and ensuring their participation in
community building restored their dignity. Involving them in decisionmaking,
program transparency and efficiency gained the beneficiaries’
cooperation, trust and confidence.
Sharing Successes
The program offers valuable lessons for other local governments who
may want to replicate it. Attempts to replicate it in other areas should
keep in mind three major points of attention:
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