The project does exist out of two sub-projects: a) establishing a viable sugar marketing cooperative in Western Batangas and b) establishment of a cooperative corn marketing enterprise in Bukidnon.
A) Cooperative Sugar Marketing-Western Batangas
NAGKASAMA or United Cooperative of Farmers Associations, is a federation of 23 cooperatives totaling 550 individual members. All members are sugar growers located in the Western Barangas. NAGKASAMA is the economic wing of the farmers organisation KASAMA and is a member of NATCCO, the national federation of coops in the Philippines. NAGKSAMA presently does receive assistance in the form of technical advise and a credit programme through the NGO CARDD.

The 3-years project proposal does focus on the strengthening of NAGKASAMA, becoming a viable commodity based cooperative and the development of a strategy for enhanced sugar marketing through strategic partnerships with sugar mills active in the region. Natcco will be the main proponent of the project and responsible for the over-all supervision and will closely cooperate with a multi-stakeholder consortium in which PAKISAMA, PhilDHRRA (CARDD), private enterprises and governmental agencies will be represented.

B) Cooperative Corn Marketing Bukidnon:
This Institutional Development and Capability-Building Support Project aims to strengthen through the eight base savings and credit cooperatives initially the technical, [...]

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