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Profile
Name : San Isidro Upland Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (SIUFMULCO)
Registration: CDA Reg. No. CARA-0395 - January 1998 DOLE Reg. No. 10-520-91 - August 1991
Address : Purok 1, Brgy. San Isidro, Santiago, Agusan del Norte, Caraga Region
Contact E-mail : [email protected] Mobile: +63 919 536 8664
Total coop members: 95 (40 Males and 55 Females)
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Brief History• Organized in 1989 through the
Integrated Social Forestry Program of Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
• First registered in Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in August 1991 as San Isidro Upland Farmers Organization (SIUFO)
• In 1998, the organization was transformed into a cooperative named SIUFMULCO with an initial Capital Build-Up of P3,200.00 of 23 members only.
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Vision
A model cooperative with compliant, faithful and devoted members headed by officers with unquestionable integrity. A self-sufficient organization providing unparalleled service and commitment to the community
MissionMembers with incessant and active involvement in every cooperative activities. Maintain self-discipline, coupled with love, hard work, service oriented and trustworthy officers. Insatiable quest for novel for the betterment of the cooperative.
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Projects Implemented
115 has. Agro-Forestry Project (CBRMP) 12 has. Micro-Watershed (CBRMP) 0.5 has. Ampalaya Production (CBRMP) Native Chicken Production (CBRMP)
Green Corn Production (DAR/IFAD-NMCIREMP)
Abaca Fiber Production and Trading (DOLE)
Profile
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Partnership with PACAP
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Lake Mainit Development Alliance
In March 2007, SIUFMULCO implemented a PACAP assisted project entitled “ Enhancing and Protecting an Agroforestry Area Thru Abaca Fiber Production”
PACAP Assistance
Abaca Farm Establishment
Grant Funds = Php 1,600,000.00
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PACAP Assistance
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One of the 60-hectare abaca plantation
PACAP Assistance
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Enterprise Development
Grant Funds- PhP822,000.00
Before
Now
PACAP Assistance
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PACAP Assistance
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Administrative and Project Management
Grant Funds = PhP364,000.00
PACAP Assistance
• Capability Building, Institutional Development
• Grant Funds-Php304,000.00
• IEC
• Grant Funds-PhP10,000.00
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Grant Funds-Php100,000.00
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Abaca Fiber Production and Trading
Our Enterprise
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•Abaca Handicrafts Production
Our Enterprise
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•Abaca Seedling Production & Marketing
Our Enterprise
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Our EnterpriseConsumer Store
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Before Today
SECRETARY TREASURER
A and I COMMITTEE
CREDIT COMMITTEE
ELECTION COMMITTEE
BOARD of DIRECTORS
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
MARKETING
COMMITTEE
AGRO-FORESTRY
/ M & E COMM.
AGRI-LIVESTOCK COMMITTEE
GEN. MANAGER
Management
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GEN. MANAGER
BOOKKEEPER
L E N D I N G
LOAN OFFICER
ABACA TRADING
PROJECT IN-CHARGE
CASHIER COLLECTOR
DRIVER
C O N S U M E R STORE
SALES CLERK
ABACA CLASSIFIER
Management
Benefits
ECONOMIC
• Increased employment in the cooperative from 4 in 2005 to 11 in 2008.
• Farmers accessed high price of abaca in local market.
• Presence of vehicle improved business mobility.
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Benefits
ECONOMIC
• Increased coop income from Php 94,490.16 in 2006 to Php 580,624.95 in 2008
• Establishment of 8 buying stations in other municipalities (e.g. Cabadbaran, RTR, Buenavista, Nasipit, etc).
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SOCIAL
• Renovation of the consumer store building and office.
• Increased community awareness on the sustainable benefit of abaca than mining.
• Enhanced product quality thru trainings provided.
Benefits
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SOCIAL
• Gained trust and developed strong partnership with line agencies (e.g. DTI, FIDA, DENR)
• Developed community/ coop members’ trust.
• Staff acquired knowledge in computer operation.
Benefits
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Benefits
ENVIRONMENT
• Individual farms developed into abaca plantation.
• Minimized community influx to forest area for timber poaching.
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Benefits
ENVIRONMENT
• Improved forest cover.
• Community adoption to multiple land management system.
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Table 2. SIUFMULCO Abaca Fiber Trading and Production Enterprise Income Statement for the Period January to September 2008
Amount% of
Sales
Gross Sales 4,480,333.15 100.0%
Less: Cost of Goods Sold 3,705,471.55 82.7%
Gross Income from Sales 774,861.60 17.3%
Add: Other income 3,122.50 0.1%
Gross Profit 777,984.10 17.4%
Total Operating Expenses 96,421.12 2.2%
Net Income from operations 681,562.98 15.2%
Coop Financial Situation
Lessons learned
• Responsible Leadership. • Market linkage and
partnership with bigger Grading and Bailing Establishments inside the Region, in Davao, Cebu and Leyte.
• Provision of incentives to regular coop clients (e.g. patronage refund to non coop members)
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Lessons learned
• Transparency and honesty (e.g. financial reporting every other month)
• Continuous research and innovation (e.g. market, product, management systems)
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Marketing Challenges and Opportunities
CHALLENGES
• Global financial crisis. • Fluctuating market price
on abaca.• Market competition. • Product quality.• Attain Grading & Bailing
Establishment (GBE) level supplier
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Marketing Challenges and Opportunities
OPPORTUNITIES
• Market demand is very high on abaca fiber.
• Close relationship with GBE (e.g. Ching Be Trading-Davao)
• Presence of transportation vehicle
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