In an effort to improve the lives of the agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the rural areas, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) would intensify the provision of support services by creating more agrarian reform beneficiaries’ organizations (ARBOs) nationwide so that more farmers would gain from it.

DAR Secretary Brother John Castriciones said most of the support given to farmers are passed on through the ARBOs since these farmers’ organizations are usually united in their goals to improve their agriculture and economic lives, thus they know what to prioritize in terms of identifying the concerns and requirements of the organization.

“Provisions of infrastructures, farm machineries and equipment, farm inputs, credit assistance, and livelihood training, among other support services of the DAR are given to ensure our ARBs’ success. Thus, we will see to it that farmer-beneficiaries who will receive their land titles join ARBOs, we will help them to organize through orientations and training prior to the awarding of their certificates of land ownership award (CLOAs),” Brother John said during the 2nd batch of 2020 summative assessment and 2021 planning conference held in Palo, Leyte, on March 1-3, 2021.

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 organize 1,007 new ARBOs reaching now to a total of 6,669 ARBOs nationwide.

“Because of DAR’s aggressive implementation of support services we have organized more ARBOs and we would continue doing this in the next few years. The more ARBOs we have, the more farmers we can help,” Padilla said.

Upang lalong mapaunlad ang pamumuhay ng mga agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs), paiigtingin ng Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) ang pagkakaloob nito ng support services sa pamamagitan ng pag-oorganisa ng mas maraming agrarian reform beneficiaries’ organizations (ARBOs) sa buong bansa upang mas maraming mga magsasaka ang makinabang dito.

Sinabi ni DAR Secretary Brother John Castriciones na karamihan sa mga suportang ibinibigay sa mga magsasaka ay idinadaan sa mga ARBOs dahil ang mga organisasyon ng mga magsasakang ito ay karaniwang iisa ang layunin na paunlarin ang kanilang agrikultura at pamumuhay, kung kaya’t alam nila ang mga prayoridad alalahanin at pangangailangan ng kooperatiba.

“Ang pagbibigay ng imprastraktura, makinaryang pang-bukid at mga kagamitan, farm inputs, credit assistances, at livelihood trainings, ay ilan lamang sa mga suportang serbisyo na ibinibigay ng DAR upang maseguro ang tagumpay ng mga ARBs. Kaya, sisiguruhin natin na ang mga bagong magsasaka-benepisyaryo na tatanggap ng titulo ay sasapi sa ARBOs, tutulungan natin silang mag-organisa sa pamamagitan ng oryentasyon at training bago nila tanggapin ang kanilang mga certficates of land ownership award (CLOAs),” ani Brother John sa ginanap na pangalawang grupo ng 2020 summative assessment and 2021 planning conference sa Palo, Leyte, noong Marso 1-3, 2021,

Idinagdag pa ng agrarian reform chief na bukod sa paghihikayat sa mga baong ARBs na magtatag ng ARBOs, bibigyang solusyon din ng ahensiya ang mga may mababang miyembro na mga dati ng ARBOs.

Ayon naman kay Support Services Office Undersecretary Emily Padilla, nuong 2019 ang DAR ay mayroong 5,662 ARBOs lamang. At nuong 2020, ang ahensya ay nakapag-organisa ng 1,007 bagong ARBOs, kung saan ito ay umaabot na ngayon ng 6,669 ARBOs sa buong bansa.

“Dahil sa agresibong implementasyon ng suportang serbisyo ng DAR, tayo ay nakapag-organisa ng mas maraming ARBOs at patuloy pa rin naming gagawin ito sa darating pang mga taon. Mas maraming ARBOs, mas maraming magsasaka ang ating matutulungan,” ani Padilla.