NED FARMERS BENEFIT FROM MINSAAD P45.8 M - 9.07 KM Farm to Market Road

26,000 farmers of Ned Settlement benefits from ₱45.8 million – 9.07 kilometers Farm to Market Road as Mindanao Sustainable Agrarian and Agriculture Development (MinSAAD) in cooperation with Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), and Local Government Units turns-over the last of the seventeen (17) Rural Infrastructure sub-projects funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on September 24, 2020.

 

Ned Settlement is also a recipient of another six (6) sub-projects for Agriculture, Agri-business and Agro-forestry Development (AAAD) which turns a total of 23 sub-projects.

 

Vice Governor Vicente De Jesus expressed his gratitude for the MinSAAD project. According to him, the FMRs and bridges given to Brgy. Ned opens more rooms for development and encouraged many investors in the area.

 

MinSAAD Project Manager Eduardo E. Suaybaguio emphasized that the Barangay and Municipal LGUs shall take full responsibility in maintaining and sustaining the FMRs and bridges after the turn-over.

 

“The inspectorate team took five final inspections to ensure that the project followed the approved Program of Works and complied with the standards and specifications”, he added.

 

Engr. Albert Nebreja, Project Engineer of DPWH South Cotabato 2nd DEO shared the challenges they encountered in implementing the project.

"Our biggest challenge during the implementation is the weather which is mostly 20% sunny and 80% rainy which made the project implementation took too long but by God's grace the FMR was still successfully constructed" he added.

 

According to CARPO Lorna N. Garde, the FMR has a length of 9.0674 kilometers with 1.4155 kilometers (intermittent) Portland Cement Concrete Pavement (PCCP) and 7.6519 kilometers gravel.

 

Hon. Nida S. Parañaque, Punong Barangay, was thankful for this big help to the people of Brgy. Ned. She assured that the BLGU will take good care of the project and prepared measures to ensure its sustainability.

 

Mr. Pambet Yanga, Sitio Leader of Sitio S'laban expressed his gratitude for the project. It helped them easily transport their farm produce to the market.

 

Despite the difficult road and unfavourable weather condition that greatly affects the implementation still the project became a success because of the collaborative efforts from different partner agencies like DAR MinSAAD, DPWH, and LGUs.

 

 

Leidenep M. Yecla