Caviteño planters graduate from DAR farm biz school

A total of 37 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) from Batas Dao Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Inc. General Emilio Aguinaldo Cavite have completed a crash course for farmer-businessmen being offered by the Department of Agrarian Reform’s (DAR) Farm Business School (FBS).

The project is aims to maximize food production in the country as it unveiled its intensive training to introduce new farming techniques to the farmers to help them produce more and provide quality farm products, DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III said in a statement.

Eufemia V. Alvarez, Chairman of Batas Dao Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Inc. and one of the graduates, expressed her gratitude to the DAR family for its assistance and free training provided by the agency.

“We would like to thank the DAR for their support to the farmers. We really learned and enjoyed the 25-session journey in the FBS,” she said.

The 37 members of the organization were able to learn about managing farm records, developing a strategic plan, and how to become successful entrepreneurs.

“Enrich what you have, and share your success and blessings with others. Just like you, we are just intermediaries in providing assistance to our beneficiaries,” said Milagros Isabel A. Cristobal, Undersecretary for Support Services Office (SSO).

James Arthur Dubongco, DAR-Cavite Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II, said that this is the 5th FBS site in the province of Cavite, with the course running for almost 3 months.

The FBS is a DAR program in partnership with other line agencies like the Department of Agriculture, the Local Government Unit, the Department of Trade and Industry, and the Agricultural Training Institute.

Farm implements

Meanwhile, DAR recently turned over P789,000 worth of farm implements to the Busok-Baliton Communal Irrigators Association Inc. in Sarangani.

The group based in Barangay Baliton belongs to the PaBurBaCa agrarian reform community.

The implements include a collapsible dryer, knapsack sprayers, hand tractor, floating tiller, grass cutter, and heavy-duty weighing scale.

BBCIAI Chairperson Paharlito Bolilo received the farm machinery and equipment on behalf of the farmers’ association.

Bolilo assured that all the farmers would take care of the farm implements and keep it in good condition.

The farm machines were provided under the Climate Resilient Farm Productivity Support Project-Major Crop-based Block Farm Project, which aims to address food security amidst climate change by providing livelihood support in the form of farm machinery and equipment, farm inputs, and capacity development interventions.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2022/10/03/caviteno-planters-graduate-from-dar-farm-biz-school/