Project Development Support Division (PDSD)
The Project Development Support Division (PDSD) is responsible for project development-related activities, monitoring and evaluation, and planning and budgeting requirements of the National Organic Agriculture Program (NOAP). Its functions are:
- Assist the Board in the identification and prioritization of the appropriate projects to be undertaken in line with the implementation of the NOAP;
- Handle the formulation and updating of the medium-term/strategic plans relating to the pursuit of the NOAP, and
- Develop and implement an appropriate and robust monitoring and evaluation system to track and assess all components of the NOAP and other collaborative initiatives.
Under the PDSD is the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Unit who is responsible for monitoring the status of all the program, activities and projects of NOAP. The NOAP Operating Units (OUs) reports its physical accomplishments through the Operations Management Information System (OMIS) and Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Management Information System (ABEMIS).
OMIS is a platform created by Field Programs Operational Planning Division (FPOPD) to monitor the OUs’ physical accomplishments, particularly for interventions under Production Support Services (PSS) and Extension Support, Education and Training Services (ESETS).
On the other hand, ABEMIS is a platform created by the Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Engineering (BAFE) to monitor the physical accomplishments for interventions under Provision of Agricultural Equipment and Facilities (PAEF) and Irrigation Network Services (INS).
Consequently, with reference to the data encoded by the OUs in the OMIS and ABEMIS, the NOAP-NPCO and BAFE reports all physical accomplishments to the Monitoring and Evaluation Division (MED) – Central Office using the DA Monitoring Platform, particularly the Intervention Monitoring System (IMS) and Data Capture Form (DCF).
In addition, the NOAP-NPCO computes its quarterly percentage accomplishment and reports it to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Operations.
