DAR turns over P33.3M “Tulay ng Pangulo” in Allacapan, Cagayan.

 

The Tulay ng Pangulo para sa Kaunlarang Pang-Agraryo (TPKP) project at PATASDA ARC in Pacac, Allacapan, Cagayan

Allacapan, Cagayan - Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) and other residents of PATASDA Agrarian Reform Community (PATASDA ARC) in Pacac, Allacapan, Cagayan will now have a safer and more convenient  way to cross the river to transport their harvests and other agricultural products to the market due to the completion of the  two-lane 34.2 linear meter metallic bridge costing Php33,300,000.00 facilitated by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) under the Tulay ng Pangulo Para sa Kaunlarang Pang-Agraryo (TPKP) project in partnership with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Allacapan headed by Mayor Harry D. Florida. The TPKP project uses pre-fabricated materials imported from France and is said to be of the same quality materials used in the world  famous Eifel Tower in Paris. 

DAR Secretary Bernie F. Cruz led the turnover ceremony of the Php33.3 million metallic bridge. 

The DAR headed by then Secretary Bernie Cruz led the inauguration and turnover of the said bridge with Allacapan municipal Mayor Harry D. Florida and other representatives from the local government unit (LGU), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and DAR central, regional and provincial offices. Aside from easier access to farmers, the new bridge will also help the residents in availing various support services. The bridge also links neighboring barangays to the economic mainstream and opens opportunities for the ARBs and other stakeholders to enhance their agricultural productivity and household income. 

The TPKP aims to promote rural development primarily in agrarian reform communities. 

The bridge, a project of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) under the Tulay ng Pangulo Para sa Kaunlarang Pang-Agraryo (TPKP), aims to promote rural development primarily  in agrarian reform communities, enhance productivity and income through reduced marketing cost, and alleviate poverty among agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in agrarian reform areas.

Allacapan municipal Mayor Harry D. Florida receiving yet again another significant project from DAR. 
 

Nabbotuan Farmers MPC and BJMP-Tuguegarao renew marketing agreement under EPAHP program.

 

TUGUEGARAO CITY — The Nabbotuan Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative, an agrarian reform beneficiary organization (ARBO) in Nabbotuan, Solana, Cagayan recently signed a Marketing Agreement  under Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger & Poverty (EPAHP) Project with the Bureau of Jail Management & Penology (BJMP) - Tuguegarao, wherein the ARBO shall supply the needed fresh vegetables by the BJMP.

The EPAHP is a program of the Inter-Agency Task Force Zero Hunger, created under Executive Order No. 101, the objective of which is to mitigate hunger, ensure food security, reduce poverty in urban and rural communities, including marginalized communities and also to establish sustainable agriculture by 2030.

Among the strategies being implemented are coordination with the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and to establish marketing arrangements for various ARBOs in the province to provide them with programs to improve their livelihood activities. Agrarian reform beneficiaries, small farmers and fisherfolks are the priority sectors of the EPAHP which may help them cope up with the ongoing pandemic. The DAR, for their part, will assist the ARBOs and the farmers in the production and timely delivery of the food items for marketing, support services, access to financial assistance, capacity-building and technical support.

Under the EPAHP, the DAR will facilitate marketing assistance to the ARBOs by linking them to institutional markets through the forging of marketing agreements with DOH-retained hospitals, Provincial Jails, Provincial Drug Rehabilitation and Treatment Facilities, Residential Care Facilities, and provide basic social, agricultural, and technical support services under the DSWD, DA, LBP, etc. Also included are supplementation feeding programs for schools, etc.

The signing of the marketing agreement was attended by representatives from the BJMP-Tuguegarao, ARBO representative from Nabbotuan Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative and facilitated by the DAR Cagayan-Batanes Provincial Office headed PARPO II Val Cristobal and DAR Provincial  Office staff.

P17B insurance protection for ARBs provided by DAR and PCIC

Quezon City, Philippines, September 17, 2022 - The insurance protection plan is contained in the joint program called the “Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries-Agricultural Insurance Program (ARB-AIP).” The ARB-AIP will benefit over 224,000 ARBs or members of their households who are actually cultivating around 330,000 hectares of land and engaged in raising some 30,700 farm animals, who are eligible for insurance premium subsidy.

From these ARBs, there are estimated 99,580 rice farmers tilling 178,801 hectares;  37,772 corn farmers cultivating around 72,506 hectares; and about 85,760 commercial crop farmers cultivating around 78,633 hectares. Nine hundred twenty four (924) farmers raise 30,742 animals.

Each eligible ARB shall have access to protection cover up to three hectares (maximum award per CARP beneficiary) and up to three types of insurance coverage only which is good for two cropping seasons.

The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC), has partnered with the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to provide some P17.1 billion worth of crop insurance protection to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) over the next two cropping seasons.

The insurance protection plan is the first such collaboration between two of the country’s main rural development agencies and the biggest group plan ever issued by the DA-PCIC. It aims to provide the ARBs a safety net against fortuitous events caused by climate change, also crop pests and diseases.  

Additionally, beneficiaries will be provided protection against loss of limbs or life under its Accident and Dismemberment Security Scheme. To qualify, the program beneficiaries must be participants of key DAR programs, such as the Agrarian Reform Connectivity andEconomic Support Service (ARCCESS), Agrarian Production Credit Program (APCP), Credit Assistance Program for Program Beneficiaries Development (CAP-PBD) and Microfinance Capacity Development in Agrarian Reform Areas. DAR will identify the eligible beneficiaries.

DAR will put up the premium subsidy worth P1B from the DAR-GPS for Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries. Of the amount, P533.78M will be allocated for rice farmers, P385.82, corn farmers, P79.09M for high value crop farmers, P1.31M for livestock. The premium cost for the individual farmer’s life and limb coverage amounting to P5.43M would come from interest income of the DAR-Government Premium Subsidy (DAR-GPS) Fund.

For its part, DA-PCIC will provide the insurance cover worth some P17.07B from which some P4.94B will be reserved for rice, P2B for corn, P2.35B for commercial crops, P13M for livestock, and some P7.77B for the individual farmer’s life and limb.

In cases where the insured risks happens, the DA-PCIC will pay out damage claims from these beneficiaries within 20 days, less than the 60-day reglementary period. This is made possible by the ISO-certified systems and processes established by the DA-PCIC.

Depending on the extent of damage and the cost of farm investment, the farmers may receive payments for damages worth P39,000 to P52,000 per hectare for inbred and hybrid rice, respectively;  P28,000 and P40,000 for every hectare of open-pollinated and hybrid corn, respectively;  and  up to P50,000 for life and limb. These are various indemnity figures for commercial crops and animals as there are many types of crops and animals involved.

Link: DAR-PCIC orientation (on Facebook page)

SALAMIN MPC and BJMP-Tuao District Jail renew EPAHP Marketing Agreement

Tuguegarao City, Cagayan -The SALAMIN Multi-Purpose Cooperative, a duly registered agrarian reform beneficiary organization (ARBO) based in Tuao, Cagayan and the Tuao District Jail under the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 signed the renewed marketing agreement wherein the former shall supply the later with fresh vegetables as one of the needs of the BJMP.

The members of the SALAMIN MPC are graduates of the Farm Business School (FBS) which was established by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Agricultural Training Institute of the Department of Agriculture (DA-ATI) and the local government unit of Tuao (LGU-Tuao). It is aimed to build up the capabilities of agrarian reform beneficiaries’ organizations (ARBOs) in handling and marketing their farm products through trainings on bookkeeping, cash flows, market surveys, labor, product selling, product costing and proper packaging of their products. Consequently, they have a profitable fresh vegetable business enterprise.

The marketing agreement is based on the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP). The EPAHP is one of the banner programs of the Inter-Agency Task Force Zero Hunger, created under Executive Order No. 101, January 10, 2020, whose objective is to mitigate hunger, ensure food nutrition security, and establish sustainable agriculture by 2030. Among the strategies are coordination with the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and to establish marketing arrangements for various Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organizations (ARBOs). It is also intended to contribute to the national government efforts in addressing hunger and poverty through the synergy and convergence of essential services of participating EPAHP partners directly benefiting the poorer sector of the country. Under this program, the rural communities are encouraged to enhance social capital and optimize economic resource base through feeding programs, food-production programs, and essential support services, including the participation of community-based organizations in government procurement as partners and/or service providers. This reinforced convergence and synergy among the different government agencies and other development partners will revolutionize the journey towards social development. Through the EPAHP, better engagement with rural communities, enhancement of social capital and optimization of economic resource base is possible.

The renewal of the marketing agreement between SALAMIN MPC and BJMP-Tuao District Jail was attended by BJMP officials - JINSP Atty. Randy A. Dupilas, District Jail Warden; JOI Kay Anthony Q. Abarriao, Food Service Supervisor; and SALAMIN MPC officers - William A. Olang, Chairman and Tessie C. Bansag, Treasurer. The event was likewise witnessed by DARPO-Cagayan officials led by Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II (PARPO II) Val M. Cristobal, OIC-PARPO I Pedro Barasi and Novelita Edraira, EPAHP Focal Person.  Photos by: Joana Marie Soriano-Cho

SALAMIN MPC Chairman William Olang and BJMP representative JOI Kay Anthony Abarriao signing the Marketing Agreement. 

DARPO-Cagayan PARPO II Val M. Cristobal and other officials witnessing the signing of the Marketing Agreement. 

The EPAHP is one of the banner programs of the Inter-Agency Task Force Zero Hunger, created under Executive Order No. 101, whose objective is to mitigate hunger, ensure food nutrition security, and establish sustainable agriculture by 2030.