Investment Potentials in
WESTERN VISAYAS

AKLAN:

  • Loom Weaving Industry
    • Piņa fiber extraction/processing/weavings
    • Sinamay
  • Handicrafts (bamboo, rattan, bariw, abacca, buri)
  • Duck Production and Ballon Making
  • Banana (Saba) Production and Processing
  • Mango Production and Processing
  • Coffee Production and Processing
  • Aquaculture Products

GUIMARAS:

  • Calamansi Production and Processing
  • Seaweed Culture
  • Coconut Production juice processing
  • Cutflower Production and Processing
  • Goat Raising
  • Poultry Production (native chicken)
  • Cassava Production and Processing
  • Palay Processing
  • Coconut Production and Processing (cooking oil)
  • Other fruit production and processing (mango, banana [saba], cashew, jackfruit)

 

ANTIQUE:

  • Muscovado Sugar Processing
  • Seaweed Processing
  • Coco-oil Mill
  • Duck Production and Balut Making
  • Furniture/Handicrafts (bamboo, rattan, buri, bariw, nipa, abacca)
  • Piņa fiber extraction/processing/weaving
  • Ube Production and Processing
  • Ginger Production and Processing
  • Vegetable Production and Spices
  • Livestock/Poultry Production and Meat Processing
  • Marine Products Processing
  • Fish Processing
  • Cutflower Culture
  • Wild Flowers and Herbal Plants

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL:

  • Sweet Corn Production
  • Vegetable Production (organilcally grown)
  • Cutflower Production and processing
  • Furniture (bamboo, rattan)
  • Organic Fertilizer Production
  • Dairy Production
  • Tuna Production and Cannery
  • Sericulture
  • Coconut Production and juice processing
  • Food Processing (fruits and fish)

CAPIZ:

  • Vegetable Production
  • Cassava Production and Processing
  • Prawn Culture and Feed Manufacture/Tuna Production
  • Seaweed Farming & Processing
  • Coffee Production & Processing
  • Cutflower Production & Processing
  • Handicrafts & Shellcrafts
  • Oyster Processing / Talaba Production
  • Duck Production & Balut Making

ILOILO:

  • Oil and Starch Processing (coconut and cassava)
  • Dried Mango Processing
  • Meat Processing with Cannery
  • Mongo Production (sotanghon and insumix making)
  • Shrimp Production
  • Fin Fish Production
  • Mussels and Oyster Production/Processing
  • Seaweed Production and Processing
  • Poultry Production (native and kabir)
  • Furniture Making (bamboo)
  • Piņa Fiber Production and Processing
  • Nata de Coco Making
  • Cutflower Production and Processing
  • Rice Strawboard Production
  • Watermelon/Melon/Honeydew Production
  • Ginger Production and processing
  • Sericulture
  • Vegetable and Spices Production

SAFDZ INVESTMENT PROGRAMS

Commodity/
Program

Brief Description/
Focus

Target

INVESTMENT PROPOSALS

Public Description Private Description
1. Mango Establishment of Support 
Infrastructure like Post Harvest 
facilities:
Provision of Credit to farmer-
growers to attain full development
of the industry in the domestic and
export market
Guimaras &
Iloilo: Leon,
Guimbal,
Cabatuan,
Igbaras
Mango Buying Station
P 1.0 M
Installation of mango
buying station that 
will serve as venue for
direct buying of fresh 
mango & processed 
mango products
Credit Facility
P 10.0 M
(1000 has x P10 T/ha)
Provision of credit
assistance to growers
      Intensive Technical
Assistance

P 5.0 M
Intensification of 
information dissemi-
nation on proper
application of prod'n.
& post production
technologies
Vapor Heat Treatment To further enhance
the quality of the fruit
and eliminate some 
protocol in quarantine
procedures to the
VHT plant in Manila
w/c is required by 
most importing
countries
      Improvement of
Infrastructure
Facilities
Improvement of 
Farm-to-Market
roads in interior
barangays of major
producing areas
Mango Processing
Plants
Establishment of 
processing centers
equipped w/
technology that can
process mango into
juice, puree or dried.
      Research & Dev't.
P 6.0 M
Estab. of Data Base;
implementation of 
sustained research &
development program
   
      Production & Dist.
of Planting Material/
Nursery Mgt. & Dev.
Estab. of Nursery
to ensure supply of
quality planting
materials
   
2. High Value
   Commercial
   Vegetables
   & Cutflowers
Development of Bucari area into
a progressive agricultural 
production area w/c is also a 
tourists spot having a climatic
condition comparable to Baguio
City. High value crops are 
already grown but more
can still be done to develop &
maximize the potential of the area.
Bucari Area,
Leon, Iloilo

San Remigio,
Antique
Provision of Seeds
& other inputs

for Village-level
vegetable production
P1.0M
Farmers will engaged
in production of
Carrots, Potato,
Asparagus, Sweet
Pepper, Cabbage,
etc.
Credit Facility
P 10.0M
Credit assistance
      Marketing linkages
P 1.0 M
Info dissemination on
prices of vegetables
to protect farmers
Producer-Buyer
Linkage
Transportation
Facilities
P 1.0M
Vehicles to transport
agricultural products
from farm to market
      Farm-to-Market
Roads
P 10.0M
Improvement of roads
for accessibility
Storage & Post
Harvest Handling
P 2.0 M
Estab. of Storage
facilities for farm
produce
      Post Harvest Facilities
P 2.0M
Estab. of PH Infra.
like Bagsakan Center
   
      Capability Building
P 2.0 M
Conduct Trainings/
farmers classes to
equip the farmers,
homemakers & youth
w/ technical skills to
improve their
economic condition
   
      Research & Dev't.
P 2.0 M
Conduct Technical
Adaptation Research
   
      Credit Facility
P 10.0 M
Provision of credit
assistance
   
3. Swine
Intensive production of quality
pigs through the establishment
of Parent Stock Farms to
produce quality  piglets;
Contract Growing Scheme w/
backyard raisers. Target of
this is the exportation of pig
meat to other countries
Panay &
Guimaras,
Neg. Occ.
Credit Facility
P 300.0 M
Provision of credit
assistance
Credit Facility
P 300.0 M
Provision of credit
assistance
      Slaughterhouses
P 200.0 M
Estab. of Slaughther-
houses to improve
processing of quality
meat for market
   
4. Poultry
  
Upgrading of
   Native Chicken
Commercialization of Native
Chicken Production through
improved breeds & technology.
Commercial Contract Growing
Scheme for Broiler.
Regionwide Credit Facility
P 300.0 M
Provision of credit
assistance
Hatchery Estab.
P 10.0 M
Estab. of Hatchery
to intensify prod'n.
of chicks
          Dressing Plant
P 5.0 M
Estab. of Dressing
Plant
5. Banana
  
Production &
   Processing 
Develop banana production farms
in selected areas of the region
using sab-a variety;
Establish 1 commercial type & 5
barangay level banana processing
centers to be managed by the
cooperatives or business sectors;
Generate livelihood enterprises
through banana processing;
Aklan,
Antique,
Guimaras,
Iloilo,
Neg. Occ.
Research Dev't.
& Extension
Enhancement of RDE
for banana establish-
ment & processing
will be encouraged.
WESVIARC will 
conduct an on-farm
participatory research
to improve the socio-
economic and micro-
environmental regime
of the plantation.
On-Farm Dev't.
P 29,250/ha
P 1,193,750 for 1 yr.

75 has. banana 
plantations will be
establish in selected
suitable sites of the
region
      Infrastructure & 
Equipment Support
P 4.0 M
Semi-permanent
structures or facilities
will be installed to 
process harvested
fruits. It will be
equipped w/ facilities
capable of producing
banana chips & other
salable products.
Processing & 
Product Dev't.
Creation of an
enterprise model for
banana product is 
encouraged as a 
form of augmenting
community livelihood.
          Tissue Culture Lab.
P 1.0 M
 
      Market Linkage &
Development
The Department's
Marketing Division
shall tap private &
business sectors to
assist the cooperative
in identifying potential
buyers and negotiate
for marketing
contracts.
   
6. Rice
  
Modernization
   of Rice Industry
   in Western 
   Visayas
Improve post-harvest processing
to produce the best quality rice;
Support farmers through the
establishment of modern post-
harvest facilities;
Improve the existing marketing
system;
Provide necessary support
services & other infrastructure


Market Infrastructure
P 500 M
Farm-to-Market
roads rehabilitation
& construction.
Market
Infrastructure
P 148.53 M
Establishment of
Grains Centers/
Palay Central - will
function similar to a
Sugar Central
equipped w/ modern
state-of-the-art Post
Harvest Facilities like
Mechanical Dryer,
Rice Mill, etc.
    Irrigated
Municipalities
Irrigation Systems
P 500 M
Rehabilitation of
existing systems and
continuous promotion
of small scale systems
   
    Cluster 1
Southern
Iloilo/
Cluster 2
Central
Iloilo/
Cluster 3
Northern
Iloilo/
Cluster 4
Capiz
Research & Dev't.
P 20 M
Provide financial
support for strength-
ening or upgrading of
Industry Technology
(production & 
processing 
technology)
Credit Facility
P 100 M
Provision of credit
assistance to rice
farmers.
    Cluster 5
Antique/
Cluster 6
Aklan/
Cluster 7
Neg. Occ.
(Bago Valia
San Enrique,
Pulupandan)
Information
Technology
P 5.0 M

Establishment of
Databank (MIS) or
Marketing Informa-
tion System to better
serve to better serve
industry players.
   
      Human Resource
Development
P 20 M
Funding for training
on capability building
for LGUs & benefi-
ciaries, market dev't.
industry expansion,
post-harvest techno-
logy, community
organizing, pest mgt.,
technical training on
Rice Production.
   
      Credit Facility
P 100 M
Provision of credit
assistance to rice
farmers
Seed Production &
Distribution
Production of quality
seeds to increase
per ha. production.
      Seed Subsidy
P 100 M
Support small rice
farmers through pro-
vision of rice seeds
   
7. Corn
Development of
Corn Industry
Provision of necessary inputs to
corn farmers to improve their
productivity and profitability.
Provision of post harvest facilities.
Cluster 1
Northern
Negros:

1. Sn. Carlos
2. Calatrava
3. Escalante
4. S. Bene-
     dicto
Cluster II
Southern
Negros:

1. Kabank-
     alan
2. Candoni
3. Hinobaan
4. Sipalay
5. Cauayan
6. Ilog
Cluster III
Iloilo:
1. Leon
2. Alimodian
3. St. Bar-
    bara
Cluster IV
1. Lambunao
2. Calinog
3. Janiuay
4. Cabatuan
5. Bingawan
Cluster V
1. Passi
2. Sn Enrique
3. Banate
4. Btac.
     Nuevo
Cluster VI
1. Btac.
    Viejo
2. Lemery
3. Sara
4. Sn. Dio-
    nesio
5. Concep-
    cion
6. Ajuy
Seed Subsidy
P 5.0 M



Credit Facility
P 5.0 M



Post Harvest
P 5.0 M
Support small corn
farmers through
provision of corn 
seeds.

Provision of credit
assistance to corn
farmers.


Corn Sheller,
Mechanical Dryer etc
Credit Facility
P 5.0 M
Provision of credit
assistance to corn
farmers.
8. Cutflower
Development of
Cutflower 
Industry
Improvement of the industry
through provision of Research &
Development, Capability 
Building, etc.
Cluster I
Capiz &
Iloilo
1. Ivisan
2. Roxas
    City
3. Panit-an
4. Pavia
5. Passi
6. Sta. Bar-
    bara
Cluster II
Neg. Occ.
1. Murcia
2. Talisay
3. Bacolod
    City
4. S. Bene-
    dicto
Cluster III
Guimaras
Research & 
Development
P 2.0 M

Capability Building
P 2.0 M
Conduct of Applied 
& Tech. Generation
Researches.

Conduct of trainings
for capability building
of growers on 
industry development,
expansion, post-
harvest technology,
pest mgt., etc.
Marketing Support



Tissue Culture Lab.
P 1.0 M
Market Expansion



Establishment of 
Tissue Culture Lab.
to intensify produc-
tion of disease-free
planting materials.

 

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