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NoCot ARBO receives livelihood assistance from DAR

October 14, 2022, 9:01 pm

<p><strong>LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT</strong>. Members of the Doroluman Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries’ Organization inspect the various farm implements handed over by the Department of Agrarian Reform to improve their farm productivity. The support services were provided under the Climate Resilient Farm Productivity Support Program - Sustainable Livelihood Support. <em>(Photo courtesy of DAR)</em></p>

LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT. Members of the Doroluman Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries’ Organization inspect the various farm implements handed over by the Department of Agrarian Reform to improve their farm productivity. The support services were provided under the Climate Resilient Farm Productivity Support Program - Sustainable Livelihood Support. (Photo courtesy of DAR)

ARAKAN, North Cotabato – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has turned over farm implements, as well as a package of training interventions, to members of the Doroluman Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries’ Organization (DARBO) from the upland Barangay of Doroluman as livelihood support to make their farmlands become more productive through the use of organic farming.

According to a news release from DAR, the farm implements include a 3-in-1 hammer mill, shredder, weighing scale and 16 packs of assorted vegetable seeds, with a total amount of PHP450,000, as well as a package of training interventions. 

The farmer-members of the DARBO were also trained on the natural farming system which includes producing fermented fruit juices and organic fertilizers.

The support services were provided under the Climate Resilient Farm Productivity Support Program - Sustainable Livelihood Support, which aims to address food security amidst climate change by providing livelihood support in the form of farm machines and equipment, farm inputs, and capacity development interventions.

The project is in compliance with the directive of DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III to improve the livelihood of the farmers.

DARBO president Sunny Ocate, expressed his gratitude to the DAR for the livelihood assistance given to them, being the first recipient organization in the town of Arakan. He also expressed the organization’s commitment to sustain and manage the project as an enterprise.

“This project would serve as an inspiration to support the advocacy of the municipality to adopt organic agriculture in the area,” he said.

"The skills training is a big help to us, just in time when the cost of farm inputs keeps on increasing. Some of the members have already adopted what we have learned, like the preparation of organic inputs, where we can save a lot of money because most of the ingredients are readily available and accessible," Ocate said.

During the turnover ceremony, Doroluman barangay chairman Bonie Jay Abanilla vowed to support DARBO by providing additional financial capital for the operation of their chosen enterprise.

Charish Paña, the Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II, said the project would help improve the living condition of the farmers, especially the agrarian reform beneficiaries.

She said the post-harvest facilities would make the organization more operational since they could now start a milling business to generate more income.

"The Department does not only provide the land but also support services to make your lands productive and to improve the quality of your lives. May this project serve as an inspiration for you to strive and develop more improvements and become entrepreneurs to earn more income in the future," she said.

Paña also challenged DARBO members to manage their organization well in order to increase their capability to handle their business so that more projects can be provided to their organization. (PNA)

 

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