SABLAYAN, Occidental Mindoro—A total of 135 landless farmers received their Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs) from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in a simple ceremony held on June 24 at the municipal council hall of the town.

The agricultural lands, covering an area of 140.5 hectares are situated in the municipalities of Mamburao, Abra de Ilog, and Sablayan.

DAR Undersecretary Bernie Cruz, who led the distribution said, the government recognizes the important role of farmers in feeding the nation.

“Without all of you, the country will go hungry. And with the looming food shortage worldwide, we hope that you will do your best to make these lands be productive,” Cruz said addressing the farmers.

He urged the beneficiaries to do their part in improving their respective farmlands and elevating their economic lives.

“We promise to give you support services like farm machinery, access to credit, and various training to help you sustain the gains that you will reap from your land, which now, legally, are your own property,” Cruz said.

DAR MIMAROPA Regional Director Marvin Bernal said that of the 140.5 hectares distributed, 125.8 hectares with 107 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) were implemented under the agency’s land acquisition and distribution program and 14.7 hectares with 18 ARBs were under the DAR’s Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling (SPLIT) Project.

“The 18 ARBs under the SPLIT project were previously awarded lands under collective certificates of land ownership award (CCLOAs). This time, they were given computerized titles (c-titles) after the department went through the process of individualizing the CCLOAs,” Bernal explains.

“The SPLIT project will strengthen their land tenure security and property rights to their lands,” added Bernal.

The c-titles were distributed through the SPLIT Project, a process of individually subdividing and determining the exact metes and bounds of the areas covered under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), involving awarded lots to ARBs under CCLOA.

SABLAYAN, Occidental Mindoro—May kabuuang 135 magsasaka na walang lupa ang tumanggap ng kanilang Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs) mula sa Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) sa isang simpleng seremonya noong Hunyo 24, na ginanap sa bulwagan ng konseho ng munisipyo.

Ang mga lupang sakahan, na sumasakop sa 140.5 ektarya ay matatagpuan sa mga munisipalidad ng Mamburao, Abra de Ilog, at Sablayan.

Sinabi ni DAR Undersecretary Bernie Cruz, na nanguna sa pamamahagi, na kinikilala ng pamahalaan ang mahalagang papel ng mga magsasaka sa pagpapakain sa bansa.

“Kung wala kayong lahat, magugutom ang bansa. At sa nagbabantang kakulangan sa pagkain sa buong mundo, umaasa kami na gagawin ninyo ang inyong makakaya upang maging produktibo ang mga lupaing ito,” ani Cruz sa mga magsasaka.

Hinimok niya ang mga benepisyaryo na gawin ang kanilang bahagi sa pagpapabuti ng kani-kanilang mga lupang sakahan at pag-angat ng kanilang pang-ekonomiyang pamumuhay.

“Nangangako kami na bibigyan kayo ng mga suportang serbisyo tulad ng makinarya sa pagsasaka, pautang, at iba't ibang pagsasanay upang matulungan kayong mapanatili ang mga pakinabang na aanihin ninyo mula sa inyong lupa, na ngayon, ayon sa batas, ay inyo nang pag-aari," sabi ni Cruz.

Sinabi ni DAR MiMaRoPa Regional Director Marvin Bernal na sa 140.5 ektarya na naipamahagi, 125.8 ektarya na may 107 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) ang ipinatupad sa ilalim ng programang land acquisition at distribution ng ahensya, at 14.7 ektarya na may 18 ARBs ay nasa ilalim ng proyektong Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling (SPLIT) Project ng DAR.

“Ang 18 ARB sa ilalim ng SPLIT project ay dati nang ginawaran ng mga lupang nasa ilalim ng collective certificates of land ownership award (CCLOAs). Sa pagkakataong ito, binigyan sila ng computerized titles (c-titles) pagkatapos dumaan ang departamento sa proseso ng pag-hahati-hati ng CCLOAs,” paliwanag ni Bernal.

“Ang SPLIT project ay magpapalakas sa kanilang land tenure security at property rights sa kanilang mga lupain,” dagdag ni Bernal.

Ang mga c-title ay ipinamahagi sa ilalim ng SPLIT Project, isang proseso ng indibidwal na paghahati-hati at pagtukoy ng mga eksaktong sukat at hangganan ng mga lugar na sakop sa ilalim ng Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), na kinasasangkutan ng mga naipamahaging mga lupa sa mga ARB sa pamamagitan ng CCLOA.