Bukidnon coffee project secures World Bank-backed funding

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Highlights

The Mindanao Inclusive Agriculture Development Project, funded by the World Bank, allocates over P98 million for infrastructure and agribusiness in Malaybalay's Daraghuyan Indigenous community.
The Sitio Damitan to Sitio Ulanguhon Farm-to-Market Road is 65% complete, while a separate Barangay Dalwangan project remains in the bidding stage.
The Inhandig Tribal Multi-Purpose Cooperative receives P14.76 million for coffee processing and nearly P700,000 in working capital to consolidate supply from farmer-members.

Project scope and rollout

As reported by BusinessWorld, citing the Department of Agriculture, the funding is being deployed under the Mindanao Inclusive Agriculture Development Project and will be implemented by the City Government of Malaybalay. The agency said the Daraghuyan Indigenous community was selected in part because of its track record in growing arabica coffee that has been entered in national and regional competitions.

The package includes two farm-to-market roads worth a combined P51 million, a P10.45-million multi-commodity warehouse and multipurpose drying pavement, a P14.76-million coffee consolidation, processing, and marketing enterprise, a P4.1-million Level 2 potable water system, and a P17.6-million ram pump and gravity-fed irrigation system.

MIADP Project Director Macario D. Gonzaga said the investments are intended to sustainably increase agricultural productivity, resilience, and access to markets and services. He added that the Daraghuyan Indigenous community has shown strong potential in the coffee industry and has cooperated closely in enabling the interventions.

Infrastructure progress and cooperative support

Infrastructure development is ongoing in the area, with the Sitio Damitan to Sitio Ulanguhon Farm-to-Market Road now 65% complete, according to the DA. A separate road project in Barangay Dalwangan is still in the bidding stage.

The Inhandig Tribal Multi-Purpose Cooperative is tasked with handling the coffee consolidation, processing, and marketing enterprise. The DA said the package also provides nearly P700,000 in working capital to buy coffee cherries from member-suppliers, a step intended to strengthen the cooperative's capacity to consolidate supply and support farmer-members.

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