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Standard Project Report 2016
capacity of the ARMM in the review of the proposals, as well facilitating convergence of services of the line
departments within ARMM in the implementation of humanitarian and development interventions. WFP also
assisted with the localisation of national laws and policies on food security and nutrition through advocacy that
resulted in the provincial and local governments increasing investments in food security, nutrition and other social
protection programmes.
WFP fully involved farmers’ associations and/or small cooperatives and women’s organisations throughout the
community assessments, thus strengthening their participation in community development. Some examples of good
practices where WFP played a vital role in the development of these organizations were:
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The Pamatuladan a Bayanan People's Cooperative—at its inception there were only 30 women members, but
with constant support and regular communication with WFP, more than 300 women are now part of the
organization. The cooperative continues to empower communities particularly with seedling nurseries, organic
free range chicken areas, areas for vermicomposting and growing mushrooms, and the water hyacinth
handicraft production area;
The Mamagayon People’s Organization in the conflict-ridden town of Mamasapano in Maguindanao province,
which is now a technology adaptor of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute