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By: Yvonne Senobin

DAR's Development Facilitators Undergo Training Workshop

The Development Facilitators (DFs) of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in the Province of Iloilo have undergone recently a 3-day training workshop to equip them of the common knowledge, understanding and skills in carrying out their tasks in developing the Agrarian Reform Communities (ARCs) located in various municipalities all throughout the Province.

The DFs are front-liners of DAR in CARP implementation. They are specifically assigned in the ARCs facilitating the much needed program beneficiaries development interventions for Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) in compliance with the mandate of the program of providing various support services that aims to capacitate the farmers and provide them access to the necessary support services to make their lands more productive, enable them to venture in income generating projects and actively get involve in community governance.

During the training workshop, Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer II Eberardo N. Erispe talked on personal development for a successful performance, as means of motivating and inspiring the DFs to be more effective and efficient in their work performance in the field.

On the other hand, Sally A. Ortega, Chief of the Beneficiaries Development Coordination Division (BDCD), reiterated that more challenging task is in store for the DAR to foster the implementation of CARP, more so that this has been extended for another 5 years with reforms by virtue of the newly signed law called Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms (CARPER) or RA 9700. The training workshop she said will be of great help to the DFs in identifying and resolving issues and concerns challenging the development of ARCs in the countryside.

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