The project aims to conserve and propagate traditional rice varieties through establishing a community-based seed center, seed collection and propagation, and capability building and will form part of the project is the installation of a conservation/protection mechanism for the watershed areas. Sidlakang Dabaw Development Foundation (SIDLAK) handled project management and coordination. A self-trained technical person, also a member of the partner community and a Mandaya developed/designed the system and supervised actual construction. The local community provided labor and local materials as counterpart. Networking with the local government units resulted in additional financial support for the project.