SOLAR DRYER. Mayor Symond Caguit (center), Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Caraga Regional Director Leomides Villareal (right), and DAR Agusan Sur Provincial Officer Jamil Amatonding (3rd from right) formally open the newly-completed solar dryer in Barangay Sayon, Sta. Josefa, Agusan del Sur on Dec. 9, 2021. The DAR handed over three solar dryers worth PHP2.28 million that will benefit around 292 rice farmers in the town. (Photo courtesy of DAR Caraga) BUTUAN CITY - A total of 292 farmers from two barangays in the town of Sta. Josefa in Agusan del Sur recently received three newly-completed solar dryers through the Convergence on Value Chain Enhancement for Rural Growth and Empowerment (Project ConVERGE) of the Department of Agrarian Reform in Caraga (DAR-13). The solar dryers were formally turned over to the farmers through their organizations on Thursday. "Around 140 of the recipients are agrarian reform beneficiaries or ARBs in the area while 152 are small household farmers