The purpose of the meeting was to orient the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) ministries, offices, and agencies on the project conceptualized by MinDA and UN-FAO for a potential horizontal and vertical linkage to the project.

 

This project orientation pertains to the MinDA and UN-FAO project entitled “Technical Support for the Establishment of an Agricultural Economic Zone (AEZ) in Lanao Del Sur.” The UN-FAO commissioned the ISEDI, an outreach arm of the Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU), to conduct the Technical Support Study to determine the key features, preconditions, and technical requirements based on site assessments, supply assessments, market assessments, legal and regulatory assessments, and decision tools necessary for the establishment of an economically viable and technically feasible AEZ in BARMM.

 

In attendance were Bangsamoro Director General Pendatun S. Patarasa of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR), Chief Mohaliden M. Mohammad of BEZA, Chief Rohanisa Rashid of Bangsamoro Planning and Development (BPDA), Chief Anwar Dimaucom of the Ministry of Trade, Investments, and Tourism (MTIT), Ms. Bai Asna A. Sagan of the Bangsamoro Board of Investments (BBOI), personnel and staff from the MTIT-Bureau of Investments (BOI), MinDA, UN-FAO, ISEDI, along with Prof. Hussein S. Lidasan, and BEZA.