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Pangasinan town farmers learn biz skills via DAR program
CALASIAO, Pangasinan – A new batch of farmers comprising 25 agrarian reform beneficiaries from this town are learning entrepreneurship skills through the Farm Business School Project of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). In an interview on Tuesday, Lopez Farm School owner Romeo Lopez…
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DAR to create condonation quick response centers nationwide
MANILA – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is set to establish condonation quick response centers in all its offices nationwide to attend to concerns of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs). In a public briefing on Monday, DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III said he will sign a…

Moratorium on agrarian debt payment extended
President Marcos on Tuesday signed an executive order extending the moratorium on the payment of amortization by agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) due to the “continuing disruptive effects” of the pandemic. Under Executive Order No. 40, the President extended by two years or until…

PARC Secretariat assesses effectiveness of partner agencies
The Presidential Agrarian Reform Council Secretariat reported over the weekend that it assessed the 2022 performance of partner agencies of the Department of Agrarian Reform in implementing the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program vis-à-vis its approved targets and fund utilization. PARC…

Pamamahagi ng DAR ng mga titulo ng lupa sa mga magsasaka, bumilis
Iniulat ng Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) sa Kamara de Representantes na mahigit 49,000 titulo na sumasakop sa mahigit 43,000 ektarya ang kanilang naipamahagi sa mga benepisaryong magsasaka sa loob lang ng unang anim na buwan ng 2023. Inihayag ito ni DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III sa…

DAR forms panel, group for new agrarian law IRRs
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has created a committee and a technical working group (TWG) to formulate the implementing rules and regulations (IRRs) for Republic Act 11953 or the New Agrarian Emancipation Act, writing off P57.557-billion in outstanding debt of 610,054…

DAR sets drafting of IRR for New Agrarian Emancipation Act
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) announced on Tuesday that it had ordered a committee to begin crafting the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the Republic Act No. 11953 or the New Agrarian Emancipation Act, which condones the P57.557 billion debt of…

50 Negros Occidental household farms to get potable water supply
The Department of Agrarian Reform on Tuesday said about 50 farming households of Barangay San Pablo in Manapla, Negros Occidental would benefit from the Community-managed Potable Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (CPWASH) project of the agency. This was after the officials and representatives…

DAR chief promotes rabbit meat production, consumption to farmers
MANILA — The consumption of rabbit meat is being promoted among agrarian reform beneficiaries as it could be a cheaper source of protein for Filipinos, Secretary Conrado Estrella on Tuesday. “Kapag nag-alaga tayo ng rabbit, ang liit na lugar lang ang kailangan at maliit lang ang…

Cadiz chief OKs coffee production tie-up with DAR
MAYOR Salvador Escalante Jr. met with Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer I Atty. Edwin Mendame Jr. of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Negros Occidental 1 for a coffee enterprise partnership recently. In a meeting with the city’s agriculture council on July 10, DAR discussed…

30 ARBOs in Ilocos Norte get P16.5-M agri aid
LAOAG CITY – At least 30 Agrarian Reform Beneficiary Organizations (ARBOs) in various parts of Ilocos Norte look forward to a bountiful harvest next cropping season with the latest distribution of farm machinery, equipment, and agricultural inputs, courtesy of the Department of Agrarian…

Law absolves over 170K ARBs in W. Visayas from land indebtedness
ILOILO CITY – Around 170,096 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) from Western Visayas are recipients of the newly-signed Republic Act No. 11953 or the New Agrarian Emancipation Act, one of the priority measures under the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. The law condones…

DAR vows to strengthen crop insurance program
MANILA – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is working double-time to help improve and strengthen its crop insurance program, especially with the looming El Niño phenomenon threatening the farming sector.In a press release issued on Friday, DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III…

Landbank ensures success of new law writing off agrarian debt
MANILA – State-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) on Wednesday vowed to work with government partners for the immediate implementation of a new law that frees agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) from agrarian debts. Republic Act No. 11953, or the New Agrarian Emancipation Act…

‘Farmers’ debt condonation law can be included in SONA’
THE enactment of the law condoning the debts of farmers is a “legacy legislation” that President Marcos Jr. can mention in his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 24, Speaker Martin Romualdez said yesterday. Republic Act No. 19953, or the New Agrarian Emancipation Act,…