(Courtesy of DAR-Bicol Facebook) LEGAZPI CITY - A total of 215 farmer-beneficiaries in Camarines Sur and Sorsogon under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) recently received their certificate of land ownership award (CLOA) and computerized land titles (C-titles). Gerard Buensalida, Department of Agrarian Reform-Bicol (DAR-5) spokesperson, said in an interview on Monday the distribution benefited landless farmers from five towns in both provinces, covering 344.895 hectares of agricultural land. "In the province of Sorsogon, seven farmer-beneficiaries from Juban town were given their C-titles covering 18.9407 hectares of land while 64 agrarian reform beneficiaries received their CLOA with a total land area of 68.0892 hectares in Ocampo, Camarines Sur," Buensalida said. Another 67 beneficiaries from Bangon, Lupi in Camarines Sur received land titles that covered 89 hectares, while 77 received their CLOA and C-titles covering 168.8396 hectares in Camaroan and Garchit
LEGAZPI CITY - Seven agrarian reform beneficiaries' organizations (ARBOs) in Bicol have earned more than PHP5 million in the first four months of 2022 through vegetable sales and continued food deliveries to the National Nutrition Council (NNC). In a statement on Thursday, Rodrigo Realubit, Department of Agrarian Reform-Bicol director, said that from January to April this year, the NNC was able to buy PHP5.2-million worth of goods from ARBOs in the region. "We are very happy. The volume and sales that they are trying to get from our farmers speak of opportunities and, at the same time, challenges. Our farmers are certain that both partner agencies and the general public will purchase their produce," Realubit said. He added that the relationship between ARBOs and institutional buyers gives farmers a chance to earn more since there is no more need for middlemen in selling their crops. "This enhanced partnership against hunger and poverty (EPAHP) provides the correct di