ACCOMPLISHMENTS

1.  Installation of 5 gravity-fed potable water systems in 5 barrios in Misamis Oriental.

2.  Establishment of 26 unit ecosan toilet to control contamination of groundwater and waterways and using the processed human excreta as fertilizer for the seedling nurseries.

3.  Establishment of 3 central nurseries to produce high-quality seedlings and planting materials.  The nurseries are able to produce an average of 20,000 seedlings per year and the planting of 75,000 fruit and timber trees in 200 hectares watershed areas using ASEAN’s most important species (durio zibethenus, mangifera indica, lansium domesticum, etc). 

4.  Promoting agro-reforestation and vegetable gardening among a total of 2,500 beneficiaries.  The agro-reforestation integrates cash crops, trees and farm animals in a given area of land. 

5.  Training and deployment of 175 progressive local farmers as barefoot technicians and extension agents able to train other farmers and share on the material inputs.  

6.  Organizing and strengthening of 23 local associations and neighborhood groupings able to manage their own activities and sustain the process through participatory planning and implementation and organizing and building the capacity of a farmers’ federation.