Local champions from Cordillera joined project staff and partners of the DA-IRRI Heirloom Rice Project in the Training-Workshop on Business Plan Preparation held at IRRI Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna last July 22-23, 2015. A total of 29 participants from IRRI, PhilRice, DA-RFOs in CAR and Region 12, along with representatives from State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and Local Government Units (LGUs) in the provinces of Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mt. Province and Cotabato, attended the two-day "crash course" on the basics of business plan preparation, in anticipation of a series of similar trainings that will be rolled-out for beneficiary self-help groups of the project. More photos of the event on our Facebook page's album. |