DAR MIMAROPA awards 10 top-performing farmers organizations

Participants to the ARBOs Summit listening to the message of Acting Secretary Bernie Cruz.

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in MIMAROPA Region has awarded ten (10) top-performing agrarian reform beneficiaries organizations (ARBOs) in the region in recognition of their sustained marketing activities and continuous provision of services not only to its farmer-members but also to their community despite the pandemic.

DAR MIMAROPA Regional Director Marvin Bernal said the ARBOs were cited for their resiliency during the successive waves of the pandemic, coping, and still emerging as successful despite the community lockdowns and economic shutdowns.

MIMAROPA Regional Director Marvin Bernal delivers his welcome message during the 4th agrarian reform beneficiaries organizations (ARBOs) Summit.

Bernal said two (2) ARBOs each in the provinces of Orienctal Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan were awarded during the MIMAROPA’s ARBOs Summit with a theme “Priorities Beyond the Pandemic”.

He recalled that in response to the needs of the farmer-beneficiaries during the earlier stage of the pandemic, the DAR came up with a contingency plan called “PaSSOver: ARBold Move to Heal as One Deliverance our ARBs from the COVID-19 Pandemic”.

“With these interventions, the immediate essential support services to the men and women agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) to mitigate the impact of community quarantine measures due to COVD-19 were addressed,” he said.

Bernal disclosed that regionwide, a total of 9,313 ARBs were provided with farm productivity assistance, livelihood support, and supplemental food and non-food items.

“A total of 124 ARBOs were assisted to overcome the obstacles in the consolidation, marketing, and delivery of their harvests to ensure continuous availability of basic commodities,” Bernal said.

“We honored and recognized the ARBOs for their humanitarian role and effort amidst the threat of the pandemic towards nation-building and economic development,” he said.

DAR MiMaRoPa pinarangalan ang 10 nangungunang organisasyon ng mga magsasaka

Binigyang parangal ng Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) sa MiMaRopa Region ang sampung (10) nangungunang agrarian reform beneficiaries organizations (ARBOs) sa naturang rehiyon bilang rekognisyon sa kanilang pagpapanatili ng kanilang aktibidad sa merkado at patuloy na pagbibigay ng serbisyo hindi lamang para sa kanilang mga miyembro kung hindi pati na rin sa kanilang komunidad sa kabila ng pandemya.

Sinabi ni DAR MIMAROPA Regional Director Marvin Bernal na ang mga ARBO ay natukoy dahil sa kanilang ipinakitang katatagan sa panahon ng pandemya, patuloy na pagharap at umusbong na matagumpay sa kabila ng community lockdown at economic shutdown.

Sinabi ni Bernal na dalawang (2) ARBO sa bawat lalawigan ng Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon at Palawan ang ginawaran ng parangal sa ginanap na ARBOs Summit na may temang “Priorities Beyond the Pandemic”.

Ipinaalala niya na bilang tugon sa pangangailangan ng mga magsasakang-benepisyaryo nuong unang bahagi ng pandemya, ang DAR ay nakabuo ng isang contingency plan na tinawag na "PaSSOver: ARBold Move to Heal as One Deliverance our ARBs from the COVID-19 Pandemic".

"Sa pamamagitan ng interbensyon na ito, natugunan ang agarang pangangailangang suportang serbisyo para sa mga kalalakihan at kababaihang agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) upang mabawasan ang epekto ng community quarantine dahil sa COVID-19," aniya.

Ibinunyag ni Bernal na sa buong rehiyon, may kabuuang 9,313 ARBs ang nabigyan ng farm productivity assistance, livelihood support, at supplemental food at non-food items.

“May kabuuang 124 ARBOs ang tinulungan upang malampasan ang mga hadlang sa konsolidasyon, pagbebenta at paghahatid ng kanilang mga ani upang matiyak ang patuloy na pagkakaroon ng mga pangunahing bilihin,’ ani Bernal.

"Pinarangalan at kinilala namin ang mga ARBO dahil sa kanilang makataong tungkulin at pagsisikap sa gitna ng banta ng pandemya tungo sa pagbuo ng bansa at pag-unlad ng ekonomiya," aniya.