Area Management
The Area Management Office (AMO) oversees programs, projects, and activities in concerned areas. The Office also serves as a liaison unit with various sectors, government agencies, governmentowned and controlled corporations within the respective areas. There are four (4) Area Management Offices: South Central Mindanao, Northern Mindanao, Northeastern Mindanao, and Western Mindanao. The bulk of the Area Offices’ efforts is focused on the establishment of Integrated Area Development (IAD), lead in the coordination and implementation of the Balik Probinsya, technical and advisory support, and linkages with the Local Government Units and sectoral groups in their areas of concern.
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BALIK PROBINSYA, BAGONG PAG-ASA PROGRAM (BP2), KAUSWAGAN, LANAO DEL NORTE AND KALAWIT, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE.
The Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa Program (BP2), pushed by Senator Lawrence Christopher “Bong” Go, is the government’s initiative to decongest the urban centers of informal dwellers from the provinces and create jobs, food production, and economic activities in the countryside seen to transform the country’s economy from being serviceoriented to production-oriented. As the coordinating and implementing agency for the BP2 Program in Mindanao, the AMO-NM and the Mindanao Development Authority initially identified the Bagong Pag-Asa Organic Village in Kauswagan, Lanao del Sur, and a site in Kalawit, Zamboanga del Norte as two of the pilot resettlement areas. Two hundred quadruplex-type housing units will be constructed in the 6.3 hectare land in Kauswagan. Organic vegetables and organic chicken raising with complete production value chain facilities are two of the initial livelihood programs identified for the first 200 families to be relocated to the site. Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go attended the local launch of the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa at the Bagong Pag-Asa Village in Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte on November 24, 2020 with a ceremonial turnover of funds for housing assistance to BP2 beneficiaries. AMO-Western Mindanao coordinated and facilitated the financial assistance intended for the pilot site’s social preparation in Kalawit, Zamboanga del Norte. Consequently, the Kalawit Sustainable Agri-Tourism Development Plan workshop was facilitated consistent with the implementation of the BP2 Program.
200 3 50,000 families targeted to be relocated in MinDAidentified BP2 relocation sites
Integrated Area Development clusters in Mindanao as a part of MinDA’s pandemic response efforts
hectares of rich soil dedicated for the IMTASULA (Impasugong, Talakag, Sumilao, Lantapan) Complex which is projected to be a high-value crop production and processing area MinDA Accom Report 2020 | 17
