DAR delivers land titles right at the doorsteps of Bataan farmers
Morong, Bataan, July 3, 2020 – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) led by Secretary John R. Castriciones personally handed over at the residences of some twenty (20) agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) their certificates of landownership award (CLOAs) comprising a total of 31.27 hectares located in barangay Binaritan, Morong, Bataan, through the newly distribution scheme of DAR tagged as “Serbisyong DAR-to-Door” CLOA distribution.
"Utos po sa amin ng ating Pangulo na ilapit sa mga magsasaka ang mga serbisyo ng pamahalaan. Gusto po niyang maging masaya kayo,” thus said Castriciones as he gives the titles to farmer-beneficiaries Neptali Martin and Diosdado Gonzales.
“My dream to finally own the land I till is now a reality. We will make this land productive and will not allow any members of the family to sell it” Neptali Martin said, an ARB from brgy. Binaritan, Morong, Bataan whose family has been tilling a land owned by other landowner since birth.
During the continuation of the distribution held in Morong covered court, Castriciones reminded the ARBs, “Huwag po natin iiwanan ang pagsasaka, sapagkat ang pagsasaka ay isa sa marangal na hanapbuhay ng isang mamamayan. Kung walang magsasaka, walang pagkain sa hapag-kainan” he said.
He warned the farmers that “Sa mga nagbenta na ng lupa na mga ARB, na illegal ang pagkakabenta, dapat bawiin ito at ire-allocate sa ibang magsasaka na kwalipikado.”
Undersecretary for Support Services Office (SSO) Emily O. Padilla said that geo-tagging is being done by the DAR Data System (DDS) to monitor the productivity of the lands from planting to harvesting and to the marketing of farm produce.
"Ang bawat metro kuadrado ng lupa na ibinigay sa inyo ng DAR ay dapat ninyong pagyamanin at pakitain.," Padilla urged.
Padilla reminded the ARBs to register into the Registry System for Basic Sector in Agriculture (RSBSA), a project in partnership with the Department of Agriculture aimed at registering legitimate farmers nationwide for them to get and have easy access to other benefits provided by the government.
"Sana po, dahil dito sa Bataan ginawa ang pamimigay ng CLOA at farm inputs, ito ang magiging simula ng pagbangon at paglaya ng ating mga magsasaka mula sa giyera ng Covid na ito," she added.
Castriciones also distributed agricultural inputs amounting to P2,166.00 each to a total of 107 ARB-members from the three agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) in Morong, namely: Nagkaisang Magsasaka ng Nagbalayong Cooperative (NAMANA Coop), Morong Multi-Purpose Cooperative (MMPC) and Morong Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (MFMPC).
Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer Eric T. San Luis said the farm inputs distributed comprises of seedlings, fertilizers, pesticides, and farm tools to help them produce fast-growing crops, cash crops and vegetables, for them to increase food supply in the area and generate additional incomes for the ARBs.
Other DAR Officials who graced the event include Undersecretaries for Support Services Office Atty. Emily O. Padilla, Policy, Planning and Research Office Virginia N. Orogo, Assistant Secretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Office (FASPO) Ubaldo R. Sadiarin, Jr., Bataan 1st District Representative Geraldine B. Roman, Region 3 Director Maria Celestina M. Tam, and Public Assistance and Media Relations Service Director Cleon Lester G. Chavez.
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