30 Albay Farmers Ready to Become Entrepreneurs

LEGAZPI CITY – Thirty agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) from Polangui, Albay, are on their way to becoming “negosyanteng magsasaka” following their graduation from the Department of Agrarian Reform’s (DAR) Farm Business School (FBS).

Agusan del Norte farmers learn skills in corn production technology

A total of 25 agrarian reform beneficiary (ARB) members of the Doña Rosario Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Cooperative located in Brgy. Dona Rosario, Tubay, Agusan del Norte were provided with additional skills in corn production technology by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). DAR-Agusan del Norte Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Glen A. Petilla said the training will empower the local corn farmers to boost their corn production by assisting Read More

Empowering farmers through baking: 2 ARBOs set for bakery soft opening

Natividad, Pangasinan — Two Agrarian Reform Beneficiary Organizations (ARBOs) in Pangasinan are now fully prepared to launch their bakery businesses, following the receipt of a complete set of baking equipment provided by the Aboitiz Foundation’s Pilmico Animal Nutrition Corporation (PANC), and the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).

Three Farmers Cooperatives Secure ₱2-M DAR Loan to Boost Rice Production

LA UNION – Three (3) Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organizations (ARBOs) in this province received a ₱2 million loan under the Department of Agrarian Reform’s (DAR) Accessible Loans for Empowered, Resilient, and Transformed Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organization (ALERT ARBO) Program. The loan aims to support the rice production efforts of 54 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) from these organizations.

Mini-Agraryo Trade Fair Achieves ₱241K in Sales

TACLOBAN CITY – The Mini-Agraryo Trade Fair held at the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Regional Office in Tacloban City registered ₱241,110.00 in total sales over its four-day run from August 6 to 9, showcasing the diverse products of agrarian reform beneficiaries’ organizations (ARBOs) across Eastern Visayas.

DAR-Agusan del Sur re-organizes BARC to help in the implementation of Project SPLIT

To strengthen and bolster the implementation of the Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling (SPLIT) project in the province of Agusan del Sur, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) recently conducted the reorganization of the Barangay Agrarian Reform Committee (BARC) in the town of Rosario and orientated its members on the new programs and projects of the department.

64 Farmers in Albay Take Oath as Qualified Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries

LEGAZPI CITY— A total of 64 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) have taken their oath and signed the Application to Purchase and Farmer’s Undertaking (APFU) as they qualify for the screening process to become land recipients in Albay under the Department of Agrarian Reform’s (DAR) Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program.

PBBM, DAR, ends farmers’ debt with new agrarian reform

Following the historic first distribution of Certificates of Condonation with Release of Mortgage (COCROM) to 3,558 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the Ilocos Region, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. highlighted in his 3rd State of the Nation Address (SONA) his administration’s aim to free about 600,000 farmers nationwide from more than Php57-Billion in agrarian debt.

Marcos Jr. sees prices of basic goods to stabilize soon

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. expressed confidence Monday (July 22, 2024) that prices of basic commodities would stabilize as the number of hectares of farmlands awarded to beneficiaries of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) under his administration increased by more than three-fold compared to his predecessor.

PBBM to distribute First Condonation Certificates in Pangasinan

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan –The municipality of Lingayen in Pangasinan will witness a historic event as it becomes the first in the country to distribute Certificates of Condonation with Release of Mortgage (COCROM) on July 19, 2024. This landmark occasion marks the beginning of a significant transformation for agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) nationwide.

DAR grooms Sultan Kudarat farmers as entrepreneurs

President Quirino, Sultan Kudarat – A total of 30 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) are assured to become agricultural entrepreneurs as they completed the 25-session Farm Business School (FBS), a Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) program, which enhanced the agri-entrepreneurship skills and promote sustainable collective marketing efforts among farmers.

Teodoro rallies private sector, executives to develop ‘creative solutions’ to fund defense modernization

July 11, 2024 (Taguig City) – Speaking before the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) General Meeting on Wednesday, Secretary of National Defense Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr. urged enterprise executives and managers to develop “creative financing solutions to help the national government ease the burden that an honest-to-goodness modernization will create in the fiscal position of the government.”

DAR Celebrates National ICT Month with Symposium on Digital Transformation

QUEZON CITY-June 28, 2024 – In celebration of National Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Month, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) conducted a symposium emphasizing the importance of embracing digital transformation. This event is part of the nationwide celebration led by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) under the theme “Bayang Digital ang Bagong Pilipinas.”

Laguna Farmers Receive Farm Machines and Equipment from DAR

STA. CRUZ, Laguna– The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has distributed farm machines and equipment worth Php 650,888.00 to two (2) farmer cooperatives in Laguna. The distribution, part of DAR’s Climate Resistant Farm Productivity Support Project (CRFPS), aims to enhance and sustain the agricultural productivity of agrarian reform communities, helping them adapt to climate change. The Mayatba Farmers Association received a multi-cab delivery truck, garden tools, vegetable seeds, and fertilizers Read More

423 Cordillera farmers get land titles from DAR

A total of 423 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) from the Cordillera Administrative (CAR) received land titles from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) comprising 130 ARBs with 131 Certificates of Land Ownership Awards (CLOAs) covering 83.2 hectares under Executive Order No. 75, and 293 ARBs covering 234.7 hectares with 380 electronic land titles (e-titles) from the municipalities of Atok, Itogon, Kapangan, Kibungan, Sablan, Tuba, and Tublay.

ARB organizations earn P2.3-B through program against hunger and poverty

The country’s Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries’ Organizations (ARBOs) have earned a total of P2.377 billion through the government’s Program Against Hunger and Poverty (PAHP) program, a government initiative addressing food security, hunger, and poverty problems through the cooperation and convergence of essential services of various government agencies.

244 Laguna farmers now landowners

STA. CRUZ, Laguna – A total of 244 farmers were officially granted land titles through Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs) by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) on June 25 at the Cultural Center of the Provincial Capitol of Laguna.

42 Agrarian Beneficiaries in Cavite Receive Individual Land Titles under Project SPLIT

TAGAYTAY, Cavite — May 30, 2024 — In a significant move to enhance the security of tenure for agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs), the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) distributed individual land titles to 42 ARBs in Cavite covering 39 hectares of agricultural land in the municipalities of Magallanes, Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, and Silang.

President Marcos distributes P15.7 million farm machinery to Dipolog farmers

DIPOLOG CITY, May 24, 2024 – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. led the distribution of 4,956 Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs) covering 7,214.70 hectares of land to around 4,456 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARB) across the provinces of Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Norte, and Zamboanga del Sur.