Key government agencies and stakeholders have agreed to formulate a roadmap for the dairy industry in Northern Mindanao, with the goal of improving production, processing, research, and marketing in the region. A technical working group has been formed to identify targets for these areas and is expected to finish a draft of the Regional Dairy Industry Development Roadmap by March 2026. The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 10 and the National Confederation of Cooperatives will serve as co-overall anchors for the roadmap formulation. Northern Mindanao currently ranks second nationwide in terms of milk production, with a total of 2.7 million liters from January to June 2025, and the region is recognized as one of the country’s major market grids. The Philippine Dairy Industry Roadmap aims to achieve 5.4-percent self-sufficiency by 2025, but the country currently imports 98 percent of its dairy needs, mainly from the US and New Zealand.
