SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte (April 15, 2026)—Agriculture Security Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. led the groundbreaking ceremony for a P365.9-million farm-to-market road project aimed at transforming agricultural logistics and strengthening rural economies in northeastern Mindanao.
The NRJ Trinidad–Mabini farm-to-market road project is implemented under the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP), with joint funding from the World Bank, the Department of Agriculture, and the Local Government Unit of Surigao City. Civil works are being undertaken with project completion targeted on 2027.
Spanning 6.511 kilometers, the project includes 6.328 km of Portland Cement Concrete Pavement and three bridge structures—Togonan, Lower Sangay, and Anomar—each measuring 61 linear meters. Once completed, the road will directly link 10 barangays across Surigao City and the nearby municipality of Sison, benefiting 2,884 households, including 1,245 farming households.
The infrastructure is designed to address long-standing inefficiencies in the coconut value chain, the region’s priority commodity. By improving farm-to-market connectivity, the project is expected to significantly reduce transport costs, post-harvest losses, and market delays. ### (Photos by Darrel Gultia, DA-OSEC Comms)
