CALBAYOG CITY, Samar – Farmer members of the Panoypoy Farmers Association (PFA) were happy to receive a set of farm equipment from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to boost their agricultural production.

“We would like to thank the DAR for listening to our concerns and for granting what they had promised us,” said Pedro Abajo, president of the PFA.

PFA is composed of 113 members, where 69 are agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs), involved in hog raising and organic vegetable production.

Alfonso Catorce, DAR-Calbayog provincial chief, said the distribution of the farm equipment was funded under the DAR’s Climate Resilient Farm Productivity Support (CRFPS) project and is in line with the directive of Secretary Conrado Estrella III to provide modern equipment to the ARBs.

“These farm machines are exactly what the 113 farmer-members of the PFA need to help them in their livestock-raising and organic vegetable production,” Catorce said.

The farm equipment worth ₱260,250.00 consists of a hand tractor with rotavator, a water pump with suction and discharge hose, a grass cutter, and several garden tools.

The DAR’s CRFPS project is geared towards building resiliency for agrarian reform communities by providing them with modern equipment to increase their farm production, yield better income, and improve their lives.

CALBAYOG CITY, Samar – Masaya ang mga magsasakang-miyembro ng Panoypoy Farmers Association (PFA) sa pagtanggap ng set ng mga kagamitang pangsaka mula sa Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) para palakasin ang kanilang produksyon sa agrikultura.

“Nais naming pasalamatan ang DAR sa pakikinig sa aming mga alalahanin at sa pagtupad ng kanilang ipinangako sa amin,” sabi ni Pedro Abajo, presidente ng PFA.

Ang PFA ay binubuo ng 113 miyembro, kung saan 69 ang agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs), na abala sa kanilang pag-aalaga ng baboy at produksyon ng organikong gulay.

Sinabi ni Alfonso Catorce, provincial chief ng DAR-Calbayog, na ang pamamahagi ng mga kagamitang pangsaka ay pinondohan sa ilalim ng Climate Resilient Farm Productivity Support (CRFPS) na proyekto ng DAR at naaayon sa direktiba ni Secretary Conrado Estrella III na magbigay ng modernong kagamitan sa mga ARB.

"Ang mga makinang ito ay tamang-tama sa kung ano ang kailangan ng 113 magsasakang-miyembro ng PFA upang matulungan sila sa kanilang pag-aalaga ng hayop at produksyon ng organikong gulay," ani Catorce.

Ang farm equipment na nagkakahalaga ng ₱260,250.00 ay binubuo ng hand tractor na may rotavator, water pump na may suction at discharge hose, grass cutter, at ilang mga garden tools.

Ang proyekto ng CRFPS ng DAR ay nakatuon sa pagbuo ng katatagan para sa mga agrarian reform communities sa pamamagitan ng pagbibigay sa kanila ng mga makabagong kagamitan upang mapataas ang kanilang produksyon sa sakahan, magbunga ng mas mataas na kita, at mapabuti ang kanilang buhay.