DAR Pangasinan

PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES DEVELOPMENT

The promotion of social justice, ARB empowerment and sustainable rural development is the goal of CARP. It is therefore vital, that the land distributed to the ARBs is coupled with the provision of appropriate services, ensuring their continued involvement in the pursuit of rural development program. As they become partners in development, they would have a firmer grasp of what it entails to achieve real progress therefore guarding their own stake in the program.

Land distribution alone is not enough to improve the productivity of ARBs. Thus, there is a need for support services to complement land distribution such as credit facilities, technology and infrastructure. These support services are made available to farmer beneficiaries even before owning the land. Under the PBD, the major issue being addressed is to how empower and alleviate poverty particularly among the farmer beneficiaries. This is being pursued by assisting them to organized themselves and providing support services to make their newly owned land productive, which is envisioned to result and increased household income.

Social Infrastructure and Local Capability Building (SILCAB) Program

The SILCAB Program is centered on the promotion, organizing, and strengthening of social institutions at the community level and other levels of local governance in order to acquire power and effectively utilize this power in managing the development of their agrarian reform communities (ARCs).

The SILCAB Program aims to develop and enhance the capabilities of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) and their organizations to implement development interventions, manage area development and to be actively involved in decision-making towards building community organizations' capacity and self-sufficiency.

Enterprise-based Cooperative Strengthening Assistance Program in ARCs

The Enterprise-based Cooperative Strengthening Assistance Program in Agrarian Reform aims to improve the operations of ARB cooperatives through the conduct of capacity development interventions designed to enhance the competencies of cooperative members and officers in institutional and organizational building and management. It is a catalyst for the creation of strengthened organizations, for them to venture into viable business enterprises.

The program components are as follows:

" Cooperative Skills, Structure and System Enhancement - is based on upgrading/enhancing the capacity of the assisted cooperatives to mobilize and manage internal and external resources needed to carry out their development initiatives.

" Enterprise Identification and Operationalization - involves enhancing the skills and capability of the cooperative leaders, management staff and members in the operation of the business, promotion of capital generation and identification of market.

" Enterprise Expansion and/or Diversification - is concerned with the operationalization, expansion and/or diversification of profitable and viable business enterprises. It seeks to develop a critical mass of professionalized cooperative leaders and management staff capable of attaining competitive advantage in managing expanded and/or diversified business ventures

Sustainable Agribusiness and Rural Enterprise Development (SARED)

The SARED Programs are concerned with the promotion of agribusiness within the ARCs through a market-based demand driven production system, taking into consideration food security, and increased production and income of the ARC households. Various strategies include:

" enhancing the capabilities of ARBs for agri-business enterprise development and management;

" convergence with other agencies to gain access to crop productivity and marketing support;

" provision of agri-business support (post-harvest facilities and credit);

" crop diversification;

" provision of market information;

" alternative enterprise modalities.

SARED Programs:

1. Marketing Assistance Program (MAP)

2. Enhancing Livelihood Opportunities thru the Development and Marketing of Processed Food Products

3. Commercialization of ARB Products

4. Credit Assistance Program for Program Beneficiaries Development (CAP-PBD)

5. Livelihood Credit Assistance Program (LCAP)

Community-Based Social Services Systems Development and Participatory Governance (CBSSSD-PG) Program

" Greater Medicare Access (GMA) sa Bayan-Anihan

" Promoting Occupational Safety and Health in Agrarian Reform Communities through the Work Improvement in Neighborhood Development (OSH-WIND) Program

" ARCs Save for Health Micro-Insurance (ARCs Save for HMI)

" Gender Mainstreaming in ARCs (GMARC)

Capacity Development (CAP-DEV) Program

" KALAHI Farmers' Center (KFC)

" Agricultural Growth thru Information & Knowledge Networking: Linking Government Services and Market to Farmers and Fisher Folk" or "E-AGRIKultura"

" ARB Information and Education Component

" Training Modules and Information, Education, Communication and Motivational (IECM) Materials Development Program for Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries

ARC Level of Development Assessment (ALDA)

" The ARC Level of Development Assessment (ALDA) is the tool utilized by the DAR to determine the levels of development of the ARCs and the ARB organizations.

" ALDA looks at the following six key result areas as major areas of intervention to increase productivity, improve the ARB household income, and empower ARB organizations: land tenure improvement, organizational maturity, economic and physical infrastructure support services, farm productivity and income, basic social services, gender and development.

" ALDA is a continuing program and is conducted in the last quarter of every year. It covers all ARCs nationwide.

" In general, the ALDA intends to determine the growth of the ARCs and the extent by which interventions of key ARC players are translated concretely towards ARB's socio-economic and political empowerment.

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