Pöyry - IDP Consult, Inc.

Agriculture

Consultancy Services for the Grains Sector Development: Project Management and Agricultural Statistics Package (2002 - 2003)

Quezon City, Philippines
The Program was primarily intended to help the sector attain sustained growth in terms of grains productivity and grains households’ income levels, thereby reducing rural poverty incidence and achieving resource efficiency and food security. The Project also undertook capacity-building initiatives to rehabilitate the policy regime and to rejuvenate an environment conducive for sustained production via heightened private sector participation and institutional reforms. The Program involved the design of an MIS application that incorporated geographic information systems and other technologies to improve overall operations, manpower assistance, documentation or database management and project management functions. Assistance to human resource development was also provided via training needs analyses and specialized services in planning, policy assistance and project development.

Support for the Agrarian Reform Communities in Central Mindanao (2002 - present)

Davao, Philippines
The Project, supported by the European Commission, aimed to increase household incomes among the rural folk and agricultural workers in Mindanao, and attain agricultural diversification and production through technological innovation, improved financial administration, and project management. The Project designed a management information system that included a financial control system, an electronic filing and a database system in order to enhance reporting processes and outputs. The control system, which took into account EC procedures and national fiscal regulations, also included procurement and expenditure verification systems and other control documents for effective monitoring and filing. The Project is engaged across 50 agrarian reform communities in 4 provinces in Central Mindanao.