SUPPORT TO FARMERS. A total of 563 agrarian reform beneficiaries from the different towns in Agusan del Sur receive their respective certificates of land ownership award in a ceremony in Trento, Agusan del Sur on Friday (Feb 3, 2023). Agrarian reform beneficiary organizations also received PHP11.5 million worth of projects during the event. (Photo courtesy of DAR-Agusan del Sur) BUTUAN CITY - The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Agusan del Sur handed over certificates of land ownership award (CLOAs) to 563 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in a ceremony in Trento, Agusan del Sur on Friday. The office also turned over a total of PHP11,550,000 worth of projects to agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) during the event, DAR-Agusan del Sur Director Jamil Amatonding, who is concurrent Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer, said in an interview on Saturday. "The projects include PHP6.02 million worth of concreted farm-to-market road (FMR) in Poblacion Trento that conne
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
SUPPORT TO COOPERATIVES.Department of Agrarian Reform-13 Director Leomides Villareal speaks during the culmination ceremony of the three-day workshop on credit and savings for two big Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organizations on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. Eight leaders of the two cooperatives from Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur were able to formulate policies as an output of the training that will serve as their guidelines in the effective implementation of credit and savings programs. (Photo courtesy of DAR-13) BUTUAN CITY - Eight leaders from two Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organizations (ARBOs) in the provinces of Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur have completed their three-day Credit and Savings Policy Development (CSPD) Workshop held at the Balanghai Hotel here. Chief Agrarian Reform Officer Antonio Miso of the Department of Agrarian Reform in Caraga (DAR-13) told the Philippine News Agency Thursday that the two ARBOs are currently engaged in big businesses and have s
SUPPORT TO COOPERATIVES.Department of Agrarian Reform-13 Director Leomides Villareal speaks during the culmination ceremony of the three-day workshop on credit and savings for two big Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organizations on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. Eight leaders of the two cooperatives from Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur were able to formulate policies as an output of the training that will serve as their guidelines in the effective implementation of credit and savings programs. (Photo courtesy of DAR-13) BUTUAN CITY - Eight leaders from two Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organizations (ARBOs) in the provinces of Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur have completed their three-day Credit and Savings Policy Development (CSPD) Workshop held at the Balanghai Hotel here. Chief Agrarian Reform Officer Antonio Miso of the Department of Agrarian Reform in Caraga (DAR-13) told the Philippine News Agency Thursday that the two ARBOs are currently engaged in big businesses and have s