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Full title of the project:

Storage resilience for Typhoon Haiyan-affected rice farmers in Regions VI and VIII

Target areas:

Regions IVB, VI and VIII

Recipient:

Donor:

Contribution:

USD 2 502 503

01/11/2014-31/12/2015

Project code:

OSRO/PHI/410/NOR

Objective:

To reduce losses of grains and seeds stored on-farm, and assist farmers to be better prepared against typhoons and climate-related disasters.

Key partners:

Department of Agriculture and Local Government Units (LGUs).

Beneficiaries reached:

21 679 households (approximately 108 395 people) and 24 community-based organizations (CBOs).

Activities implemented:

Provided 16 600 households with seed drying nets (one per household).
Provided 24 CBOs with common service facilities as follows: six flatbed dryers to six CBOs; six multipurpose drying pavements to six CBOs; six auto-construction barns to six CBOs; and six mini rice threshers to six CBOs.
Provided 3 728 households with 200-litre plastic grain storage bins and 13 783 households with 120-litre bins (one per household).
Provided 4 168 households with 48-litre plastic grain storage bins (5 309 bins in total, at a ratio of one to two per household). Of these, 1 790 households also received hermetic bags.
Conducted trainings on: improved grain drying and storage technologies, post-harvest resilience through improved drying and storage systems, social marketing, and food storage and processing.
Distributed certified rice seeds and/or fertilizer to 3 154 households affected by Typhoon Koppu in 2015 (as a result of cost savings during the project).

Impact:

Helped to reduce quantitative losses during threshing, drying and storage of rice.
Contributed to increased milling yields and germination rates, as well as a reduction in the degradation of grain quality.
Ensured adherence to good post-harvest practices, knowledge transfer to other farmers in surrounding communities, and sustained demand for post-harvest technologies and services through trainings and workshops.
Sustainability plans developed by beneficiaries together with personnel from their corresponding LGU and other stakeholders will help to ensure that the project activities have the expected impact.