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PRRD to DAR chief: “Distribute lands to farmers and rebel returnees”
DAR Northern Mindanao Regional Director Zorayda Macadindang said the DAR is a member of the Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict Northern Mindanao (RTF-ELCAC). “We have identified areas in Northern Mindanao where armed conflict is present. It was a long and hard…
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DAR set to turn over CLOAs, rice processing complex, farm machineries to AgSur farmers
Trento, Agusan del Sur—More than P37-million worth of assistance and interventions will be extended by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to increase the productivity and income of farmers and their families in this province. The bulk of the assistance comprises of rice processing…
DAR works double time for farmers’ housing project
THE Department of Agrarian Reform is working double time to make its much-ballyhooed housing program ready for occupancy by the farmer-beneficiaries on or before the term of the administration President Rodrigo Roa Duterte ends in June next year. DAR-Ilocos regional director Primo Lara and…
Two DAR tire paths to lead Nueva Vizcaya farmers to progress
Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya – The once detached and remote barangay of Nansiakan can now boast of motorists and vehicles plying within their vicinities to bring products and commodities of the agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) to the marketplace, as two (2) tire path projects were turned…
DAR to organize more ARBOs
The agrarian reform chief added that aside from encouraging new ARBs to organize ARBOs, they would also resolve low ARB membership among existing ARBOs. Support Services Office Undersecretary Emily Padilla said that as of 2019, the DAR only has 5,662 ARBOs. And as of 2020, the agency was able to…
P2.8M livelihood assistance to boost Negros Occidental ARBs’ lives
Agrarian Reform Secretary Brother John Castriciones believed that the lives of agrarian reform beneficiaries’ (ARBs) in northern Negros Occidental would become better after they received a total of Php2.83 million livelihood assistance and support services packages from the Department of…
DAR empowers E. Visayas farmers, distributes P48M support services projects and land titles
“This urban farming project aims to contribute in ensuring food security and encourage the people that they could still farm even in urban areas,” he added. The program is in partnership with the DA and the local government of Tacloban, where a one-hectare lot would be utilized for…
DAR provides 3-wheeled cargo vehicle to Surigao del Sur farmers’ org
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) recently turned over a 3-wheeled cargo vehicle to farmer-members of the Binati Lateral H Irrigators Association in Barangay Alba, Tago Surigao del Sur to easily transport their products to the marketplace. Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer Leoncio…
“Distribute agri lands to rebel returnees” --- Duterte
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has directed the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to distribute agricultural lands to all the rebel returnees to pave the way for the progress and long-lasting peace in the countryside. DAR Secretary Brother John Castriciones announced this Monday, March 1,…
Organic farming gains ground in Pangasinan
A total of 498 Pangasinan farmers will receive 156 kilograms of african nightcrawler (ANC) from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) as starter kits for their organic farming, which forms part of the P12.45 million joint DAR and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) project…
DAR-Masbate turns over P900,000-worth water refilling station to farmer’s coop
MASBATE – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has turned over the Aqua Miaga Purified Drinking Water Refilling Station to serve as an additional source of income of members of the Miaga Pag-Asa ARC Cooperative…
Cavite farmers increase harvests using ‘wood vinegar’
A FATHER and son tandem of rice farmers in Naic, Cavite have recently found the use of mokusaku technology or wood vinegar beneficial as their harvests increased by at least five cavans of palay compared to their traditional style of farming. Francisco Riman and his son, Joselito, tried the…
Land distribution process shortened to 120 days
THE Department of Agrarian Reform has shortened the process of land acquisition and distribution (LAD) component of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) to four months to conform with President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s call to hasten land distribution and finish it on or before…
P10-M infra project to improve farmers’ lives in Nueva Vizcaya
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in the province of Nueva Vizcaya through its partnership with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) would construct a Php 10-Million bridge to boost the lives of 1,013 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) and other residents in the neighboring…
North Cotabato’s IP organization receives P1.3-M hauling truck from DAR
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in North Cotabato has turned over a Php1,3 million worth of hauling truck to an indigenous peoples (IP) cooperative, particularly the B’laan Klayag Amda De Du Sansato ARB (agrarian reform beneficiary) cooperative of Bacong Village, in the town of…
Department of Agrarian Reform
The Department of Agrarian Reform is the lead government agency that holds and implements comprehensive and genuine agrarian reform which actualizes equitable land distribution, ownership, agricultural productivity, and tenurial security for, of and with the tillers of the land towards the improvement of their quality of life.
