The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has provided members of four agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBO) who are into rubber tree farming in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay to boost their production. Bags and sacks of fertilizers and herbicides amounting to P2,815,400 were distributed by DAR to members of the…
MANILA - Four agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, engaged in rubber tree farming, received bags and sacks of fertilizers and herbicides, amounting to PHP2.8 million to boost their production. The ARBOs include Timbabauan Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organization (TIMARBENCO) in Timbabauan, Tungawan; Silingan Rubber Farmers Association (SIRFA) in Silingan, R.T Lim; Tambanan Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organization (TARBENCO) in Tambanan, Naga and Goodyear Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative (GARBEMCO) in Goodyear, Kabasalan. In a statement on Thursday, Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Mohammad Dassan Adju said the fertilizers and herbicides would spur rubber production in the province. "The DAR is not just about giving lands to landless farmers, we also provide support services to uplift the economic lives of our agrarian reform beneficiaries," he said. Adju added that the fertilizers and h