The project aims to alleviate poverty by raising income level of farmers, generate employment opportunities and improve social infrastructures and services of Catubig Valley in Northern Samar. It includes the provision of irrigation and drainage facilities, rural infrastructure improvement, schistosomiasis control, agricultural support services, and institutional development. .
The inter-agency Investment Coordination Committee-Cabinet Committee has approved the cost adjustment and time extension on the condition that additional project cost shall be financed through local funds within the Department of Agriculture, NIA, Department of Public Works and Highways and Department of Health budget ceilings and subject to the issuance of Department of Budget certified funding strategy for Help of Catubig Agricultural Advancement Project (HCAAP).