Perspective Plan for Agricultural Cooperative Development- Philippines 1988-2003

Abstract

The ICA Cooperative Development Policy envisages assisting member organisations in formulating the Development Programmes, in making attempts to create a favourable environment for cooperative development and in making progress towards self-reliance o f cooperative movement. Keeping in view this Development Policy, the ICA Specialised Sub-Committee for Agriculture for Asia, recommended that the ICA Regional Office for Asia (ROA) should assist the member movements in formulating perspective plans for the agricultural cooperative sector in selected countries. In pursuance of this decision, a Study Mission was sponsored by the ICA ROA in collaboration with the FAO for assisting the Cooperative Union of the Philippines in this regard. The ICA/FAO Study Mission was led by Mr. J. M. Rana, Deputy Regional Director and Head of the Development Coordination Unit of the ICA ROA and it's other members were Mr. Sten Dahl, Cooperative Development Adviser in the ICA ROA; Mr. M. Matsuhiro, an Expert made avj^able by the Japanese Cooperative Movement and Mr. R.G.G.O. Gunasekera, Consultant provided by the FAO.