Helping Cordillera Folk Create their Agricultural Development Projects
The DA has applied this strategy called “participatory and processed-oriented approach” in the implementation of the Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resources Management (CHARM) Project. In this approach, the IP community conceptualizes agricultural development projects with the help of a non-government organization (NGO) that the DA hired to organize and mobilize the IP.
The IP’s line up of projects would then be their Barangay National Resources Management Plan (BNRMP), which barangay officials would endorse to the Municipal Management Group (MMG). The MMG would initially assess the projects under the BNRMP, and the projects that would qualify would be included in the municipal development plan.
