Organizational Development And Capability Building Towards Sustainable Agriculture: A Proposal

Abstract

The project is aimed at providing a new direction for the Farmers organization and the community people undertake a comprehensive, efficient, and effective Organizational Management system geared towards agricultural sustainability.

The project will initiate an awareness building endeavour, discipline and responsiveness for the adoption of a comprehensive sustainable agriculture program that is within the context of maximum resource utilization.

The project aims to upgrade the standard and quality of local governance for the implementation of a successful and effective organizational development and management of the project.  It also encourages participation and cooperation among stakeholders.

This will assist the selected Farmers organization of the selected municipalities of the Province of Northern Samar as regard to community profiling, organizing of new five (5) FAs, organizational development and strengthening the organized Farmers organization and addressing issues and concerns.

This will try to provide social, economic, political services empowerment and capacity building of the people while building leadership, fostering engagement of the communities with the local government units and the civil society organizations.

This will encourage community participation and cooperation.  The same will open avenues for the identification of potential local leaders who could responsibly take on the lead role /s during the project implementation and continue on until the phase out.

The proposal for year 1 of this component is generally aimed at establishing community profile of the new Farmers organization, improving local governance planning, community mobilization and service delivery capability; strengthen organizational advocacy for improved rice/ crop production and other related agricultural and environmental governance; mobilization of human, technical, material and financial assistance; community mobilization and strengthening and initiating of livelihood projects, so that sustainability agenda can be attained.