The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Regional
Office 02 in Tuguegarao City distributed on August 7, 2013 during the opening
ceremonies of the 4th CARPER Anniversary celebrations at the Crown Pavilion
and Hotel some 696 certificates of insurance coverage (CIC) under the
DAR-DA/PCIC Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries-Agricultural Insurance Program
(ARB-AIP). 
The insurance program benefits some 696 agrarian reform beneficiaries (first batch) who
are members in some 16 agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) in Cagayan
province.
The ARB-AIP is a P17.1 billion crop
insurance coverage plan between the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and
Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC), an attached agency of the
Department of Agriculture (DA), wherein the DAR shall provide a premium subsidy
worth P1 billion.
The ARB-AIP will provide protection for
over 224,000 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) and members of their
households who are farming around 330,000 hectares of land and raising
approximately 30,700 farm animals nationwide. DAR shall identify who are the
qualified ARBs under the program.
It is a safety net for ARBs against
losses caused by crop pests, diseases; losses from damage of farm machineries;
and also from the devastating unpredictable weather patterns due to climate
change.
In addition, an ARB shall receive
protection against loss of life or limbs under an Accident and Dismemberment
Security Scheme.
The distribution ceremony was attended
by DAR USEC Jose Z. Grageda, DAR Director Nestor Bayoneto, DAR Regional Director
Marjorie P. Ayson, the different provincial and municipal agrarian reform
officers, city and municipal mayors from the region, officials from DA-PCIC,
and officers of the different ARBOs from Cagayan Valley, among others. /christiandsales
