Cavite farmers graduate from farm business school

Thirty-seven(37) agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) from Batas Dao Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Inc. General Emilio Aguinaldo Cavite graduated from the Department of Agrarian Reform’s (DAR) Farm Business School (FBS).

DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III said the project is in line with the program of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. 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.

Eufemia V. Alvarez, Chairman of Batas Dao Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Inc., 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.

Atty. Milagros Isabel A. Cristobal, Undersecretary for Support Services Office (SSO) said the farmers are very lucky to have a government that works together to help the farmers.

“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,” Cristobal said.

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 three (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.