Project Description
The 60-hectare National Food Hub Project is a comprehensive initiative centered around centralizing the distribution, storage, and processing of agricultural products. It encompasses key components, including state-of-the-art food storage warehouses, cold storage- facilities, processing units, administrative offices, logistics infrastructure, and wholesale and retail market spaces. The project will serve as a central hub for high-quality food products, catering to organized producers, collectors, retailers, supermarkets, suppliers, and regional producers. It offers an adapted consumption wholesale market to meet long-term fresh food requirements, facilitates the export of Filipino agricultural products, and includes an ambitious warehouse program for various food companies.
Project Objectives
- Enhance food security by ensuring reliable access to high-quality food products.
- Modernize agro-logistics to increase sector productivity.
- Empower local farmers and promote sustainability in agriculture by reducing postharvest losses and optimizing resource utilization.
- Stimulate economic growth by creating employment opportunities and fostering investment in the food sector.
- Improve competitiveness in the global food trade by meeting internationalstandards in food storage, processing, and distribution.
- Facilitate the export of Filipino agricultural products to global markets.
Implementing Agency
BCDA - Clark International Airport Corporation
Plan / Investment Program Alignment
- Public Investment Program 2023-2028, NEDA;
- Philippine Food Chain Logistics Master Plan 2023-2033, Department of Agriculture;
- Three-Year Food Logistics Action Agenda 2023-2026, Department of Trade and Industry
- Updating of Clark Civil Aviation Complex Master Development Plan and Preparation of a Detailed Site Development Plan, Clark International Airport Corporation
Contractual Arrangement
TBD
Province / Municipality
Pampanga
Region
- Region III - Central Luzon
Sector
Agriculture/Food Security
Estimated Project Cost
Php 8.50 Billion
Development Cost
Php 0.024 Billion
Procurement Mode
Solicited
Implementation Mode
National
Status
Under development
Remarks
Approved by the PDMF Committee for project preparation and transaction advisory services on April 1, 2024.
