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.