Department of Agrarian Reform Province of Agusan del Norte Ang Opisyal nga Mantalaan Sa DAR Provincial Office - Agusan del Norte
Vol. 100, No. 2 April-June, 2016 J. Rosales Avenue Butuan City; Tel./fax : (085) 341-3154;
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DAR distributes land titles to AgNor farmers Thirty-nine Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs)in Agusan del Norte received a total of 73 hectares of Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) during the kick-off ceremony of the 28th Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) Anniversary celebration on June 14, 2016. titles / page 3 >>>
In this issue DAR distributes land titles to AgNor farmers
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DAR AgNor trains farmers on Financial Management
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DAR AgNor distributes land titles in Jabonga town
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DAR AgNor trains women farmers in coconut sugar production
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DAR educates Agusan Norte farmers on basic cooperative cooperative formation
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Farmer-groups honored during the kick off ceremony of CARP anniversary
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Feature: BOFIA: Toward a news model of Rural ..... 7 Development Thrust & Policy Directions
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WENIFREDO S. MALDO Agrariran Reform Beneficiary Chairman, Baleguian Organic Farmers’ Irrigators Association Jabonga, Agusan del Norte TUBURAN PUBLICATION
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DAR AgNor distributes land titles in Jabonga town
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he Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Agusan del Norte distributed Certificate of Land Ownership Awards (CLOAs), covering a total of 34-hectare of agricultural lands, to twenty-eight (28) Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) in Jabonga during the celebration of the Araw ng Jabonga celebration on June 30, 2016. The activity was spearheaded by Jabonga Mayor Jasmin F. Monton assisted by Municipal Agrarian Reform Program Officer (MARPO) Vicente Magallon and some local Jabonga Mayor Jasmin F. Monton hands-over the Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) to government officials. the the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) in Jabonga. Certificates of titles handed out to the farmers-beneficiaries were in Barangays Cuyago, Baliguian, Magsaysay, Libas and San Vicente.
Hon. Mayor Jasmin Monton urged the farmer-beneficiaries to take care of the land they till and make it productive and pay the amortization to the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) and the real estate taxes to the government. Farmer-beneficiaries were grateful to the department for the Certificate of Land Ownership Awards (CLOAs) Jabonga Mayor Jasmin F. Monton pose with some Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries during the Araw as a proof of ownership of the land Hong Jabonga celebration in Jabonga town, with her are Municipal Agrarian Reform Program they now call as their own.• Officer (MARPO) Vicente Magallon (3rd from left) and some of the agrarian reform beneficiaries.
DAR Agusan del Norte trains farmers on Financial Management he Department of Agrarian Reform T (DAR) conducted a two-day seminar on Financial Management to two farmer-
organizations in Agusan del Norte to enhance the skills of the cooperative officers in basic accounting, bookkeeping and preparation of financial statements held at Philrice Training Center, R.T. Romualdes, this province. Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer (PARPO) Andre B. Atega said the activity is a continuing fulfillment to provide necessary technical assistance to strengthen the capabilities of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organizations (ARBOs) through the provision of institutional
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capability-building trainings to hone their skills and expertise in financial management through presentation and financial exercises. A total of thirty board of directors and officers of Avancena Beneficiaries and Farmers MultiPurpose Cooperative (ABFMPC) and Taguibo Integrated Multi-Purpose Cooperative (TIMPCO) attended the trainings. The said farmer-groups are both active in operating agribusiness enterprise activities. ABFMPC is operating a grain center while TIMPCO is managing a communal irrigation system and production and marketing of organic rice and fertilizer. Participants were challenged to improve their financial operations as they are now
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more knowledgeable on the critical role of the cooperative officers in handling organizational financial problems through the use of proven tools. Constancio Dalanon, ABFMPC ViceChairperson, said “we’ve learned useful technique on business financial management to improve our organization’s financial condition.” Preciosa A. Espirito, TIMCO Board of Director, said “the inputs from the training is now a great help in improving our financial system. We use it as a tool to make our organization productive.” •
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DAR-Caraga Regional Director Julita A. Ragandang and Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer Andre B. Atega of DARAgusan del Norte personally handed-over the certificate of land ownership awards to the beneficiaries. Ragandang said that DAR has been committed to ensure positive gains in the fight against rural poverty of all Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries in the Province. PARPO II Atega said that the land acquisition and distribution in the province as of December 31, 2015 has an overall accomplishment of 92%, or a distribution of 39,832 hectares out of the total scope of 43,216 hectares distributed to 20,775 soil tillers came from different agrarian reform communities (ARCs) in the province. •
DAR Caraga Julita A. Ragandang (left) and DAR-Agusan del Norte Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer Andre B. Atega (right) hand over the certificate of titles to a group of farmers represented by Wenifredo Maldo.
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DAR AgNor trains women farmers on coconut sugar production
Women ARB household members, who are looking for livelihood program to earn additional income for their family’s needs, were trained to produce coconut sugar in partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA).
The training allows the women to learn the technology to produce coco sugar as additional livelihood. It also empowers women ARBs by making them less dependent on the income of their husbands.
ARB member Flordela Galo, one of the participants, said that the inputs from the training he Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) The training was participated by 40 are useful when it comes to raising more income in Agusan del Norte initiated a one-day women ARBs who are members of cluster of for her family. skills training on Coconut Sap Sugar production, ARB organizations that include Malambuong an agribusiness development assistance to the Kahugpongan sa Kababaehan sa San Isidro The activity is a continuing effort of the women Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) (MAKAKASI), Jaliobong Masipag Farmers department to provide technical assistance to in the province held recently at San Isidro, Organization (JAMAFO), and Jaliobong women ARBs of the Comprehensive Agrarian Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte. Irrigators Services Association (JISA). Reform Program.•
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BDOFAI Chairman Lorenzo Salar, Jr. said the training is very timely and useful to cooperative members and officers like them as it provides relevant information on how they can improve their cooperative operations. “I was challenged to further enhance and develop our cooperative with the updates provided in the course. I am thankful to the facilitators for enlightening us in the various topics discussed which enables us to increase our knowledge on the basic of cooperative formation,“ Salar said.
DAR educates Agusan del Norte farmers on basic cooperative formation
The seminar was held through the effort made by the DAR-Agusan del Norte in partnership with Propegemus Foundation, Inc. (PFI) to educate and empower the farmers and strengthen their organizations.•
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he Department of Agrarian Reform in Agusan del Norte conducted a twoday seminar on Basic Cooperative Course to thirty-four (34) Agrarian Reform Beneficiary (ARB) members of farmers’ cooperatives and associations held recently at Barangay Dulag, Butuan City. The activity aimed to capacitate the farmers on the fundamentals of cooperative formation, identify the importance of legal underpinnings of a cooperative and discuss further the plans, programs and policies of the cooperative. Among the participants were members from the Manila De Bugabus Multi-Purpose Cooperative (MDBMPC), Dulag Organic Farmers (DOF), Dulag Dairy Cow Farmers Association (DDCFA), Dulag Women’s Association and WILLING TO LEARN: Officers, Board of Directors and members strike a happy pose after the Barangay Dulag Organic Farmers Association Inc Basic Cooperative Trainings. (BDOFAI). 4 Department of Agrarian Reform - Province of Agusan del Norte
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Farmer - g ro u p s h o n o re d d ur ing the kick o ff cere mony o f CA RP A n n i v er sar y
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hree Agrarian Reform Beneficiary Organizations (ARBOs) in Agusan del Norte were named among the honorees in Caraga Region for outstanding performance in the implementation of the Agrarian Production Credit Program (APCP) as Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) celebrates its 28th anniversary of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) held at Robinson Place on June 14, 2016. The conferment of the award was led by DAR Regional Director Julita A. Ragandang with Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer Andre B. Atega of DAR Agusan del Norte to the ARBOs that include Baleguian Organic Farmers’ Irrigators Association (BOFIA), Maong Agrarian Reform Farmers’ Cooperative, (MAFCO) and Taguibo Integrated Pest Management Irrigators’ Association (TIPMA). APCP is a financing program being implemented by the DAR, DA and Land Bank to provide credit including development assistance and marketing support to improve the farmers in developing the CARP awarded farmlands.
Baleguian Organic Farmers’ Irrigators Association (BOFIA) Best Agrarian Reform Benefeciaries’ Organization APCP National and Regional Awardee Chairman Wenifredo S. Maldo
Maong Agrarian Reform Farmers’ Cooperative, (MAFCO) APCP Awardee - National and Regional Chairwoman LIZA PARATIVO
Taguibo Integrated Pest Management Irrigators’ Association (TIPMIA). APCP Awardee - National and Regional Chairman Romy S. Lasco
Ang luna sa yuta nga gitagana alang kanimo usa ka gasa nga gipaawasan og dugo sa atong mga kaliwatan, ayaw ibaligya, hinunoa palamboa ug ampingi kini.
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DAR Caraga Regional Director Julita A. Ragandang and Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer Andre B. Atega congratulate the ARBOs for this year’s excellent performance in the implementation of the APCP.
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BOFIA: TOWARDS A NEW MODEL OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
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n a poor community where businesses can hardly survive without the required economic liquidity to provide a market for any enterprise, the achievement of Baleguian Organic Farmers Irrigators Association (BOFIA) is a story of struggle in achieving a modicum of economic success through financial discipline inspiring leadership and transparent management. BOFIA Chairman Wenifredo Maldo recently was a recipient of a recognition from the national leadership of Agrarian Production Credit Program (APCP), a credit program of Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and Department of Agriculture (DA) for production capital assistance to farmers, for 100% repayment of loans borrowed by its members. Upon arrival in Butuan and in his visit to DAR from the recognition ceremony held in Cagayan de Oro last March 9 & 10, 2016, Maldo expressed his thanks by saying: “the assistance of DAR is significant only if recipients understands that repayment is not simply returning the money but in demonstrating with our lives and families that we have been better off
with it� (Nindot lang ang tabang ninyo funded also by ARISP II. sir kung kami nakasabot nga dili lang BOFIA is the monitoring arm of DAR, bayran and utang kung di among ipakita nga kami nabulahan tungod sa tabang.) NIA and LGU in providing feedback and laborers during the construction of roads BOFIA has now a total assets value of and irrigation facilities. The members Php40 million consisting of rice threshers, active feed-backing resulted in the quality hand tractors, harvester, floating tiller completion of the projects. and Tractor with plow trailer which they Micro-lending with APCP as got from Agrarian Reform Community capital, enterprise operations with Connectivity and Economic Support farm implements from ARCCESS, and Services (ARCCESS) program of DAR. The farm implements alone are providing partnership with Line Agencies (LAs) and Local Government Units (LGUs) in an income of more than Php200,000 infrastructure implementation make BOFIA annually to the association. a perfect candidate for outstanding BOFIA has also a record performance award having demonstrated the in keeping a 100% payment of irrigation capability to inspire members to pay their fees to National Irrigation Administration financial obligations, profitably operate (NIA) with irrigation facilities funded rural enterprise, productively manage by DAR through Agrarian Reform their farms and effectively coordinate with Infrastructure Support Project phase partner agencies. II (ARISP-II) that supply water to 180 hectares of CARP distributed ricelands. Crossing through the rice fields strategically are concrete roads
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Narito po ang bagong Thrust & Policy Directions ng Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) sang-ayon sa ating layunin na isulong ang karapatan magsasaka sa lupa at ang kanilang kagalingan. Ngayon, katuwang ng bawat magsasaka ang DAR sa pagtitiyak na mananatili siya sa lupang kanyang binubungkal, na siyang magtitiyak ng seguridad sa pagkain at mag-aambag para sa pambansang industriyalisasyon. Ipalaganap po natin! Mabuhay ang magsasakang Pilipino! Defend and assert the rights of farmers!
PARPO II ANDRE B. ATEGA, CESO V Editor-in-Chief Consultants: Atty. Reggie M. Saludo, Legal Services Division Annelyn R. Chan, Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation Unit (PMEU) Rodrigo R. Bitangcor, Provincial Chief Admin Officer Judith M. Domingo, CARPO-PBDD Laudecia F. Acquiatan, CARPO-LTI A Engr. Henry M. Lee, LTI B MARO Mauriel T. Fesalboni, LTI C & D Managing Editor Editha E. Acebu Associate Managing Editor Zenaida A. Paloma Contributor/newswriter Gil E. Miranda, PIO Luningning B. Ycoy, Raul N. Hermoso Researchers: Luningning B. Ycoy, Juanita D. Balibay, Bernadette L. Saliente, Virginia J. Batosalem, Raul N. Hermoso, Lucio Juni Photographer/Graphics Layout Gil E. Miranda, PIO Printing Staff Arsenio Ecabande / Shallemar Maturan Circulation Staff Jessa “Suho� Bongosia
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