MANGO.
Summary of Constraints/Opportunities and Interventions
Constraints/ Opportunities Provinces
INPUT SUPPLY
Key Constraint Lack of Financial capacity to
finance input materials.
Mango production entails high investment
cost. It takes 4-5 years, before a farmer earns
profit. Productivity of bearing trees as well is
very much dependent on input provision such
as fertilizers, pesticides and maintenance.
Producers access borrowing from informal
borrowers(e.g. Bombay, 5:6) with very
high interest rate from 15-20 % since
government financing services are mostly
available to cooperatives only and/or needs a
stringent process.
Opportunities Financing services that may be
accessed from various banks and government
agencies by farmers associations, cooperatives
and individuals.
Issuance of BSP Circular No 217, Series 1999
prescribing the Implementing Guidelines for
the Setting of Variable Grace period for Long
Gestating Agriculture and Fisheries Projects,
such as for mango, having a long gestational
maximum grace period of seven years.
Intervention Strategy and Approach
Priority No. 1 LGUs to come up with a program to initially support producers and
Davao Del Sur capacitate them to be in-time self-sustaining through the following:
Priority No.2 (1) Provision of free fertilizers and pesticides to small farmers (less
Davao del Norte than 3 hectares).
Davao Oriental
Davao City (2) Establishment/ Strengthening of sustainable financing
programs for cooperatives and individual farmers.
Priority No. 3
Compostela Valley (3) Strengthen collaboration with exporters and processors in
coming up with the same projects.
(4) Setting up and strengthening of mango producers cooperative.
At the same time, provide assistance in accessing financing
services by inviting resource persons to talk about procedures
and requirements during forums/meetings of stakeholders and
by assistance in complying requirements.
(5) Include in the PCIP capacity building activities such as conduct
of trainings to develop entrepreneurship among farmers, book
keeping, financial statement preparation, production planning
etc
 Constraints/ Opportunities
Availability of finance and technical services
extended by processors and exporters to
farmers
Presence of mango contractors who are willing
to finance input materials in an agreed
contract
Key Constraint:
Limited access and supplies of good quality
planting materials
Presence of impure planting materials
Opportunities:
At present, there are Five (5) BPI accredited
nurseries located in Mindanao; 2 in Bukidnon,
1 in Davao City, 2 in Kidapawan City
Local Government Units and DA Regional
Offices establishment of nurseries
Assistance of Private sectors to the LGU for the
nurseries
Private nurseries located in the provinces
Primary Production
Key Constraint:
Provinces Intervention Strategy and Approach
Priority No. 2 Include initiatives to improve quality and availability of good planting
Davao Del Sur materials through:
Davao Oriental
a) Collaboration with DA-BPI, LGUs and private sector strengthen DA-
Priority 3 HVCD program in the establishment, rehabilitation and maintenance
Davao del Norte of production facilities such as nurseries and Foundation Scion Grove
(Prioritization is based on b) Partnership with DA-BPI and LGUS strengthen accreditation
production area and growth rate program by encouraging existing private nurseries to be accredited by:
per province and including distance
from existing accredited nurseries 1) providing assistance in the accreditation process 2) providing
incentives to accredited nurseries such as distribution of planting
materials-free of charge/discounts trainings and other assistance 3)
Strengthen existing partnership with private sector in providing good
planting materials
c. Partnership with DOST and LGUs, encourage the use of new
technologies such as diagnostic kit or dipstick to identify Carabao
Mango. For other varieties, in partnership with DAHCVD, LGUs
encourage application of flower inducer on the third year of plantation
for varietal check purposes
Priority 1 DA-HVCD, DA-BAR, DOST and UPLB to strengthen Research and
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Pest and diseases incidences
Opportunities:
Research and development activities on
evolving pests and diseases are given priority
by various government agencies such as BPI-
National and Satellite Pesticide Analytical
Laboratories (CDO and Davao PAL Satellite
Key Constraint: Unpredictable weather
conditions; Mango trees productivity is at its
best if climate is dry during flowering and fruit
development period, since continuous raining
and exposure to moisture develops fungal
diseases that causes flower and fruit drop.
Opportunities:
PAGASA, DOST, UPLP and other institutions
continued research and investment on
weather forecasting on Adaptation of
climate-smart agriculture technologies to
mitigate and reduce impact of climate changes
Key Constraint Poor farm management and
adoption of mango growers to good
agricultural practices due to the following
reasons:
1. Limited knowledge on available
Provinces Intervention Strategy and Approach
Davao Del Sur Development to improve resistance of mango to pest and diseases
Priority 2 Strengthen HVCD regulatory service of monitoring and surveillance
Davao Del Norte and management and control of pest and diseases by collaborating
with LGUs and associations in disseminating information
Priority 3
Davao Oriental In partnership with LGUs Agriculture Office and DOST, provide
Davao City continuous training and technical assistance on GAP, IPM, ICM and
Organic Farming
Priority 4
Compostela Valley
All provinces in the region DA-HVCD and DOST continues Research and Development to
determines adaptive mechanisms to climatic vulnerability
Agricultures Office in collaboration with DOST, PAG ASA strengthen
awareness and adaptation of climate-smart agriculture technologies.
DA in partnership with mango associations, Provincial and
MLGU/PLGUs to create website for mango industry in Mindanao
which features include localize weather forecast
Priority 1 Establish a program for an improved and sustainable adoption to
Davao Del Sur good agricultural practices by:
Priority 2 1. Information dissemination through orientations and production of
Davao del Norte leaflets on GAP and its benefits
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technologies and other good agricultural
practices Priority 3 2. Technical trainings on GAP to all the actors in the value chain
Davao City
2. Lack of financing to practice good Davao Oriental
agricultural practices
Priority 4
Contractors tendency to maximize contract Compostela Valley
term by doing two production cycles in one
year. After the contract, the farmers bear the
impact to mango trees which is low
productivity

Opportunities PCAARRD - DOST Mango

Industry Strategic S & T Plan (ISP) to address
gaps through Science and Technology
interventions from production, postharvest,
processing, trade to marketing aspect on the
export cultivar Carabao

Presence of financial institutions such as DBP,

Landbank and Rural banks who offers low
interest financing scheme for mango growers.

Assembly
Key Constraint: Inadequate knowledge of Priority 1 Organize and train sorters and harvester on proper handling
sorters and harvesters on proper handling Davao del Sur

Ineffective harvesting method and equipment Priority 2 Continues development of efficient method and equipment.
Davao City
 Constraints/ Opportunities Provinces Intervention Strategy and Approach
Opportunities: Promote usage of Mechanical Fruit picker newly developed by DOST
Presence of mango associations in several Priority 3
areas where technologies for modern Davao del Norte
harvesting practices can be
Priority 4
Davao Oriental
Compostela Valley

Key Constraint: Priority 1 Davao Region Organize and establish nurturing relationship among players in the
Pole vaulting by farmers. It happens when value chain
grower enters into an agreement with
processors or contract buyers, where the said Strengthen partnership of key players through MOUs and MOAs
party finances the production inputs with an
agreement that the growers will sell their
mango produced to the contracting party/ies.
During harvest however, growers sells their
harvest to other buyers or contractors.

Opportunities:
LGUs active involvement in tripartite
agreement between growers and processors
Transformation
Transformation
Key Constraint: Priority No. 1 DA, in partnership with exporters and processors to encourage
Low supply of export quality to process for All provinces in Davao Region growers to produce export quality by: 1. Educating them standards
export, for Davao Region and neighbouring and requirements buyers from exporting countries including MRL
provinces, this compels processors to turn restriction 2. Potential increase on profit ratio if will produce and sell
down purchase orders from foreign buyers export quality mangoes 3. Providing trainings on GAP and HACCP 4.
(sizes, color, maturity, MRL ) Strengthening of existing financial support services of Nakashin and
SPPFC
 Constraints/ Opportunities Provinces Intervention Strategy and Approach
Opportunities:
Extended support service programs of
exporters to capacitate growers on permissible Provision of Post-harvest facilities
size range, acceptable MRL and other product
specifications of importing countries

Creation of Codex Standard for Mango as

guide on standards of commodity export.

DAs program to promote Good Agricultural

Practices. The agency also formulated a code
of practices entitled The Good Agricultural
Practices for Fruits and vegetable Farming
(GAP-VF) which was formulated based on
concept of Hazard Analysis of Critical Control
Points (HACCP).

I-Reap/Enterprise Development program

includes infra on production and marketing

Key Constraint No Vapor Heat Treatment Priority 2 Enhance productivity of mango through provision of postharvest
(HVT), Hot Water Treatment (HWT) Facilities Davao del Sur facilities including
and other Post Harvest Facilities in most areas
Sinkers and Hot Water Treatment facilities in major production areas
Opportunities Establishment of Vapor Heat Priority 4 for producers to classify exportable and nonexportable quality.
Treatment and laboratory Facilities in the Davao Del Norte Continues Research and Development for improved integrated
Island of Samal as provided in the City Davao City postharvest facility
Ordinance 2010-168 Davao oriental
Compostela Valley Study the most ideal location for Post-harvest facilities
Existing VHT and HWT in private plantation in
Mindanao such as in Nakashin, SPPFC, Dole,
 Constraints/ Opportunities Provinces Intervention Strategy and Approach
and Lapanday AgroIndustrial Development
Corporation

Key Constraint: Priority No. 1 Department of Trade and Industry to consider study of investment
No manufacturer of packaging materials for Davao Region potentials from manufacturing of packaging materials, and include
export products investment potential for investment promotion
Opportunities:
DTIs priority project in Mindanao includes
mango industry

Presence of registered PEZA zones in the

region as possible location
Distribution
Key Constraint: Priority No. 1 DA-PRDP and LGU to identify specific key areas within the province for
Poor farm to market roads in some areas Davao del Sur Norte FMR implementation

High transportation cost Limited and Priority 2 LGUs to develop Barangay access roads going to areas with significant
inefficient transport services Davao City production.

Opportunities: Priority 3
PRDPs I-Build and other national government Davao del Norte ON PCIP Plan, should include further study for threats and
agencies programs include Farm to Market opportunities of the Ro-Ro connectivity, including impact to the
Road (FMR) interventions. Priority 4 mango industry of the ASEAN integration
Davao Oriental
Ro-RO Connectivity for Bitung, Gensan and Compostela Valley
Davao will increase accessibility of the
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commodity to existing and potential markets
from ASEAN countries and marketing
Final Sale
Key Constraint: Disaggregate sector and multi
layered marketing channel. Too many
middlemen
Key Constraint Unstable market price due to
unstable supply and demand, and inability of
producers to plan and monitor production
Presence of organizations and associations to
improve marketing of mango
Provinces Intervention Strategy and Approach
Priority No. 1 LGUs in partnership with existing mango associations to establish
Davao Del Sur direct marketing linkage of farmers to processors and exporters;
Priority 2 LGUs to assist organization and strengthening of associations and
Davao City cooperatives specifically in areas where mango is identified as priority
in the commodity investment plan
Priority 3
Davao del Norte
Priority 4
Davao Oriental
Compostela Valley
All province Encourage and capacitate growers to plan and monitor the best time
to produce mango to manage the supply and demand.
Establish website for Mindanaos mango stakeholder where pricing
and planting season not only of Mindanao but including Luzon and
Should be accessible to all Visayas specifically major producers, and eventually international
provinces in Mindanao players can be monitored. Website should be interactive to provide
technical assistance, and should also include information on localized
weather forecast, input price monitoring, industry profile, relevant
statistics and other relevant information