Update Report of DAR-JICA ICTP Phase II

Province of Capiz as of January 2014

I. Background Information

Name of Project : DAR-JICA ICTP "Sugarcane Technology for ARCs and

ARC Cluster

Date of Training

/Venue : Oct 22-27, 2012/Bacolod City, Negros Occidental

Number of Pax : Ten (10) (8 ARBs & 2 DAR Personnel

Participating ARBOs : Three (3)

Pres. Roxas ARB MPC (PROARBMPC as lead ARBO)

Sto. Nino ARB MPC (SNARBMPC)

Viscaya ARB Association (VARBA)

Location/Municipality : President Roxas, Capiz

Congressional District : First District

II. Project Accomplishment Highlights

1. Ten (10) participants were sent to Sugarcane Farming Technology Training

in Bacolod City last October 22 - 27, 2012 - Action Plan was formulated

during the training as one of the major outputs that serves as guide of the

participants in implementing the project in the ARC/Barangays covered.

2. One (1) hectare site in Sto. Nino, Pres. Roxas, Capiz owned by ICTP

Graduate Ronaldo Capapas was identified for the sugarcane nursery. The

two (2) high yielding sugarcane varieties (Phil 99-1793 & Phil 2003 - 1389)

from SRA in Negros Occidental was planted. It was an input assistance

during the training provided by the DAR-JICA ICTP. The nursery was

established last February 2013 (delayed due to unavailability of the 5

laksas canepoints at SRA Breeding Farm in La Carlota City, Negros

Occidental) and expected harvest will be this February 2014. The

canepoints to be harvested in the nursery farm will be transferred to

another 1 hectare farm in Viscaya, Pres. Roxas, Capiz as an expansion area

of the existing nursery farm in Sto. Nino, Pres. Roxas, Capiz.

The canepoints to be produced from the two (2) nurseries will be

distributed to interested ARBs in the covered areas at a minimal cost to

recover the production expenses provided by the cooperator.

3. Training on sugarcane farming technology was facilitated and conducted

in Mill District Development Council Office in President Roxas, Capiz last

October 17-18, 2013. It was participated by 78 ARBs/Sugarcane Farmer

Planters coming from Barangays Sto. Nino, Carmencita, Viscaya, Cubay

and Goce. The Resource Speakers were from Sugar Regulatory

Administration (SRA).

4. Through the President Roxas ARB MPC as the lead ARBO and Sto. Nino

ARB MPC and Viscaya ARB Association as the participating ARBOs, around

45 ARBs were able to access credit (fertilizer assistance) from the Capiz

Sugar Central. The fertilizers with an estimated value of P1.2 Million were

utilized by the ARBs in their respective sugarcane farms.

5. Through the assistance of the ICTP graduates from Sto. Nino, Viscaya,

Cubay and Carmencita, Pres. Roxas, Capiz, the 20 soil samples were

analyzed in the SRA Soil Laboratory in Bacolod City.

6. Under the DAR-SRA Sugarcane Block Farm in ICTP covered area, ICTP

graduates assisted the SRA in conducting the GPS mapping identifying

and delineating the 86 hectares area of the sugarcane block farm covering

barangays of Sto. Nino, Carmencita, Cubay and Viscaya.

III. Photo Documentation of the Nursery Farm in Sto. Nino, Pres. Roxas, Capiz

Loading of canepoints in SRA breeding station in La Granja La Carlota

City, Negros Occidental last February 2012.

Photos of the Newly Planted 1 Hectare Sugarcane Nursery in Sto. Nino,

Pres. Roxas, Capiz: Cooperator: ICTP Graduate Ronaldo Capapas

3 months old

sugarcane (Phil 2003

- 1389 variety) in the

sugarcane nursery

3 months old

sugarcane (Phil 99-

1793 variety) in the

sugarcane nursery

About to be Harvested Sugarcane in the 1 Hectare Nursery Farm in Sto. Nino, Pres. Roxas,

Capiz Damaged by Super Typhoon Yolanda last November 8, 2013.