The Departments of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and Science and Technology (DOST) distributed portable solar dryers (Portasol) to three agrarian reform beneficiaries’ organizations (ARBOs) in the province of Albay. The government said the portable solar dryers will allow the farmers belonging to the 3 ARBOs to dry their grains easier and…
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) will soon turn over housing units to dairy farmers of Guinobatan, Albay.
Under the two agencies' Building, Adequate, Livable, Affordable, and Inclusive Filipino Communities (BALAI) projec
LEGAZPI CITY - Agrarian reform farmer-beneficiaries of Albay will soon own new housing units through the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) program Building Adequate, Livable, Affordable and Inclusive Filipino Communities (BALAI). In an interview on Friday, Gerard Buensalida, DAR-5 spokesperson, said at least 200 farmer-beneficiaries will be given bungalow-type houses to be built on a 2.6-hectare property in Barangay Upper Binogsacan in Guinobatan town. "The beneficiaries are ARBs who are members of the Albay Dairy Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative in Guinobatan, Albay. The project recipients are holders of a certificate of land ownership award, who do not own a house, are active members of the organization, and have the willingness to avail and has the capacity to pay," Buensalida said. Around 70 percent of project recipients are ARBs while the remaining 30 percent will be given by the Guinobatan municipality to other low-income farmers. "The construction of the projec