Inviting Regional Line Agencies (RLAs), Local Government Units (LGUs), State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), and representatives from the private sector, the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office One (DA-RFO1), opened a forum for stakeholders to give their inputs for the agency’s five-year corporate plan in the workshop entitled, “𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒇𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆: 𝑫𝑨-𝑹𝑭𝑶1 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏 (2025-2029) — 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔’ 𝑫𝒂𝒚” on December 2, 2024, at the DA-RFO1, 5th Floor, Conference Hall.

The activity focused on giving invited stakeholders a safe space for expressing their thoughts, suggestions, and recommendations for the improvement of DA plans and projects for the upcoming years. It also served as an avenue for collaboration between agencies, government, and private sectors alike, allowing the voices of different sectors to be heard.

As worded by OIC-Regional Executive Director John B. Pascual, “𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯,” hence, representatives were given ample time to group, exchange thoughts and opinions, and present their comments on the uniqueness, implementation of programs, and governance of the DA-RFO1.

Dr. Evelyn Aro-Esquejo, Corporate Plan Consultant, summarized that the presence of the stakeholders for DA’s five-year corporate plan (2025-2029) is valuable for their insights as paths connecting the agency to the people, specifically, farmers and fisherfolk, stating that, “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘈 𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥.”

In that line, invited participants stated the competencies they applaud and issues that need to be addressed, as well as expectations from the DA-RFO1 in the coming years. The workshop is held in promises of improvement in accordance with suggestions and constructive criticisms of stakeholders, with the government agencies ending their presentation stating, “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨.”

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