A total of  241 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) and 13,710 non-ARBs from the interior areas in  Calasiao and Laoac will soon experience the ease of transporting their products to the market as the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), in partnership with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) recently completed the farm-to-market Road (FMR) projects located at barangay Anis in Laoac, and barangays Talibaew, Banaoang, San Vicente in Calasiao, Pangasinan.

Maria Ana Francisco, DAR Ilocos Regional Director, and concurrent Provincial and Agrarian Reform Program Officer II led the on-site inspection of four (4) DAR-funded FMR projects to ensure these projects were implemented in accordance with the established guidelines and procedures.

Francisco said the DAR considers the construction of the FMR as the government’s road to people’s hearts, as well as a testimony to the department’s commitment to serve the rural folks, especially the ARBs.

“The construction of these rural infrastructure projects was implemented under the DAR’s Sustainable and Resilient Agrarian Reform Communities (SuRe ARCs) project with the aim to help enhance the capacity of farmers within the agrarian reform community to produce, deliver and ensure the continued supply of food in the province,” she said

She disclosed that the FMRs involved the concreting of .327 km. in Barangay Banaoang, Calasiao, Pangasinan worth Php2,910,367.90; concreting of .250 km. in Barangay Vicente, Calasiao, Pangasinan worth  Php2,911,882.74; concreting of .101 km in  Barangay Talibaew, Calasiao, Pangasinan worth Php2,911,754.67; and concreting of .220 km. in Barangay Anis in Laoac, Pangasinan worth Php4,960.194.88.

“These FMRs will change the lives of ARBs, it will definitely bring better production and good prices for their products that will  improve their income and livelihood,” she ended.

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