Rapid Assessment for Agri-Fisheries Sector Transformation

This sector assessment report comprising 11 chapters examines the state of affairs of the agri-fisheries (AF) sector in the country and generates initial strategic and operational analyses for developing the NAFMIP 2020-2030. It reviews the performance of the agri-fisheries sector, linked closely to the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Plans (AFMP) of 2011-2017 and 2018-2023. The assessment, however, does not dwell per se on targets versus accomplishments in terms of income, production, productivity, markets, trade, access to credit and insurance, access to services, and other indicators—as these are covered in DA, NEDA and other reports. Rather, the assessment examines how the sector has adopted agri-industrialization and other transformative strategies to modernize agriculture and fisheries in the country and achieve its targets.

While report preparation started with an outline attached to the SEARCA-FAO Inception Report of 24 March 2021, its structure has evolved. For instance, a separate chapter on digital agriculture has become irrelevant with digital considerations cutting across and incorporated in the various areas of concern (i.e., from sector planning, production, throughout the value chain; in R&D, training, extension, education; M&E, logistics, and communication). The report covers what it set out to examine and analyze according to the data and information that the NAFMIP Preparation Team Members from FAO Philippines, SEARCA, and SGV have been privileged to access with the kind cooperation of DA partners, along with other existing reports and data sources, and informed by the 15 or so specializations they represented.

The contents of this assessment report provide the contexts for NAFMIP preparation and specifically provide inputs to (1) meetings with DA and ADB; (2) preparing the NAFMIP Results Framework; (3) national and sub-national planning workshops; and (4) multi-sector stakeholder consultations that serve as building blocks for developing the Plan.