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A PROJECT IDEA FOR A START UP PHASE FOR CASSAVA DEVELOPMENT IN EAST COAST OF Zamboanga City

l. Rationale of the project-

Cassava is a traditional crop among upland farmers on the east coast of Zamboanga City Cassava farmers are a a mix population of Muslim Yakan, Samal and Tausug, Zamboanguenos and Visayans who have been planting small patches of cassava for their own food, with the surplus sold as fresh tubers in the wet market.

Grated cassava is a supplemental staple food of many Muslim households. With rapid growth of Muslim population over the last twenty years, from fifteen to 28 percent of current total population of 800 000, demand for grated cassava has increased. As a result, cassava planting has increased to around 400 hectare with an average yield of ten tons of fresh tubers per hectare Most of cassava produce are turned to grated cassava for their own consumption or sold in the market. A hectare of cassava tubers fetches a gross income P15 000 to the farmer, and an additional income of around P10 000 for the grated cassava maker. Productivity is low, resulting in low household income and keeping most of cassava farmers poor..

But there is good news for cassava farming in Zamboanga City. With the right price, farming technology, inputs and post harvest facilities,cassava farming can earn good money for farmers

Early this year, San Miguel Foods Corporation opened a buying station for cassava granules for animal feed in Zamboanga City. Next year, SMFC will be opening a feed mill in Zamboanga City which will require a supply of 20 000 tons of cassava granules. This volume is equivalent to 2 000 hectares of cassava field planting, with a yield of 25 tons of fresh tubers and 10 tons recovery of dried cassava granules per hectare. At the price of P8.50 per kilo of dried cassava granules, this will generate a gross revenue of P170 000 000. most of which will go to the cassava farmers.

Mega Plywood in Lumbayao, Zamboanga City, needs 400 tons of cassava dried chips from 40 hectares of field planting for plywood glue

Basic Energy Corporation has planted this year 400 hectares of cassava in Zamboanga peninsula, with 150 hectares in the east coast of Zamboanga City, as initial phase of a cassava development program that will supply cassava tubers as feedstock to an ethanol plant that will generate 60 million liters of ethanol of biofuel by 2014. The plant will need cassava tuber production equivalent to 20 000 hectars of cassava field planting.

The Department of Agriculture has introduced high yielding cassava cultivars with proper agronomy can readily yield 30 tons of fresh tubers per year on a sustainable basis. With the right farm inputs, farm to market roads and post harvest facilities in place, a cassava farmer can readily earn P65 000 on one hectare of cassava dried chips alone, taking up 120 working days This will give to the farmer an economic return of P540 per day of work. With a carabao or cow, a farmer can work two hectares by himself and
fetch an income twice that of the poverty threshold level of P65 000. per year for rural households in Mindanao.

2. The project concept -

The goal of this project is to help enhance the capacity of small upland farmers to raise their productivity and incomes thru cassava production and generate the supply of cassava tubers needed by the market. in Zamboanga City

The project is a one year start-up phase for a metium term cassava development project in Zamboanga City. It has three specific objectives , namely: at the end of one year,

a.150 cassava farmers in two barangays, Bunguiao and Cansilayan, in Zamboanga City are trained to be come competent commercial cassava farmers thru theoretical and hands-on training;
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b. Produce high yielding cassava planting material good for 100 hectares; and

c.Access farmers to cassava production credit, post harvest facilities and marketing arrangements.

The project components are:

l. Organize and register two cassava farmers association with the Department of Labor and Employment.

2. Establish a nursery for high yielding cassava cultivars that could supply planting materials good for 50 hectares of field planting;

3. Establish field trials using high yielding cultivars and applying proper agronomy for 75 selected farmers at 2 000 square meters each of field planting that will serve as hands-on application of proper farming technology . The field trial should give a minimum yield of 7 000 kilos of fresh tubers and produce planting material for 50 hectares of field planting

4 Develop a training course for commercial cassava farmers and undertake training and extension services on cassava farming for 150 farmers;

4.1 Select and prepare a minimum of 100 farmers to qualify for cassava production credit for the succeeding year;

4.2 Link farmers to microfinance institutions for cassava production credit, post harvest facilities and markets.

5. Provide management and administration support to the project.

3. The Budget

The proposed project budget is as follows:

1. Nursery establishment for high yielding cassava cultivars that will produce 150 000 linear meters of cassava planting material. P25 000.00 x 10 hectares-- P250 000.00

2. Field trials for hands-on application of cassava agronomy and produce
Planting material for 50 hectares of field planting
70 farmers @ 2 000 square meters x P3 571.. P250 000

3. Training and Field Extension-

3.2 Field technicians 2x P5000x 15months==P150 000
3.2. Field allowance 2x P3000x12 months =P 72 000
3.3 Senior specialist 1xP1200x80 days P100 000
3.4 1 motor cycle 65 000
3.5 Training(meals,venue training materials)
P150./day x150 pax x 5 days) 113.000

P500 000.00
Total P1 000 000.00


Project Management and admin support will be KFI counterpart.

The project proponent is Kasanyangan Mindanao Foundation (KFI)t.It has been engaged in advocacy and social enterprise development for the past 15 years in southern Mindanao. KFI has been undertaking cassava production, advocacy and support services to farmers for the last five years. KFI is a cassava assembler supplying cassava chips and granules to San Miguel Foods Corporation. KFI has a pool of cassava technicians and specialists and farm machinery for cassava farming, processing and trading services.

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