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Scaling Rural Transformation in the Philippines: Connecting Farmers to Markets, Jobs and Opportunity

World Bank · 2026-04-07

Summary. The Philippines Rural Development Project transformed agricultural value chains by shifting from input subsidies to market-driven approaches. Over a decade, the program built climate-resilient rural roads, strengthened farmer cooperatives for higher-value production, and used data-driven investment planning. Results included 67% income growth for 1.33 million beneficiaries, 2,436 km of farm-to-market roads reducing travel time by 41%, and enterprise support reaching 150,000 individuals with 122% output increases.

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Countries
Philippines
Regions
Asia
Categories
agtech, food-systems, rural-data-and-definitions
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2026-04-29