By Joseph John J. Perez
Legazpi City, July 20 (PIA) -- The ever-reliable ‘damulag’ (Bicol for carabao) can now take a much-needed rest from farming chores courtesy of a Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) project.
The DAR’s Agrarian Reform Communities Connectivity Economic Support Services (Arccess) had provided 14 agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) in Bicol Region with different types of farm machinery and equipment.
These include 62 units of farm machinery composed of 90 HP four-wheeled drive tractors with implements, combined harvesters-threshers, hand tractors with implements, corn sheller, reapers, water pumps, fiber dryers, mechanical trans-planters and power tillers.
All in all, these farming gears cost at least P17 million.
“The farm machinery will not only shorten the time spent to farm tasks done by the farmers including number of persons needed to complete the job, but will provide additional income to them by renting out the machines to other farmers or groups,” said DAR Bicol Regional Director Maria Celestina Manlagñit-Tam.
Classified as common services facilities (CSFs) under the Arccess, these were distributed March this year to ARBOs farms producing crops such as rice, corn, vegetables, sugarcane, pineapple, abaca and coco coir.
Most of the ARBOs that benefited from the CSFs are based in Camarines Sur with 6 ARBOs, followed by Masbate with 3, Albay with 2 while the provinces of Camarines Norte, Catanduanes and Sorsogon have one ARBO each.
“There will be more ARBOs that will receive CSFs after the required processes are done,” Tam said.
These farmer organizations are: Bicol Sugar Coconut Planters Association in Pili, Pinit Irrigators Association (PINIA) in Ocampo, Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid sa Tinawagan (ALAMAT) Multi-purpose Cooperative in Tigaon, Bayanihan Savings Replication Organization (BSRO) in Del Gallego, Quepotol Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative (QFMPC) in Milaor, and San Agustin-San Ramon Farmers Cooperative Inc. (SARFC) in Bula, all in Camarines Sur;
Kamanitohan Irrigators Association in Manito, Maysua Farmers Association in Polangui both in Albay, Jamorawon Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Bagahanglad Peoples Organization in San Jacinto and Placer Multi-Purpose Cooperative, all in Masbate; Sta. Elena Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative in Camarines Norte, Casama Farmers Irrigators Service in Panganiban, Catanduanes and Bangate Multi-Purpose Cooperative in Barcelona, Sorsogon.
“Aside from mechanizing farming methods, Arccess also utilizes the expertise of professional services providers whom we refer to as ‘business coaches’ to transform farmers to become entrepreneurs,” Tam said.
"These sectoral partners are state-run colleges and universities, civil society organizations, and private institutions who can train farmers in bookkeeping, financial reports preparation and management and other technical operations," Tam added.
According to DAR Bicol, Arccess aims to improve the net income of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) by providing strategic subsidies in the form of professional services and revenue-generating agri-machineries to ARB organizations. These interventions aim to establish organizationally-matured ARBOs that are ready to undertake agri-enterprises, DAR Bicol told PIA. (RDA/MAL/JJJP-PIA5/Albay)
Legazpi City, July 20 (PIA) -- The ever-reliable ‘damulag’ (Bicol for carabao) can now take a much-needed rest from farming chores courtesy of a Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) project.
The DAR’s Agrarian Reform Communities Connectivity Economic Support Services (Arccess) had provided 14 agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) in Bicol Region with different types of farm machinery and equipment.
These include 62 units of farm machinery composed of 90 HP four-wheeled drive tractors with implements, combined harvesters-threshers, hand tractors with implements, corn sheller, reapers, water pumps, fiber dryers, mechanical trans-planters and power tillers.
All in all, these farming gears cost at least P17 million.
“The farm machinery will not only shorten the time spent to farm tasks done by the farmers including number of persons needed to complete the job, but will provide additional income to them by renting out the machines to other farmers or groups,” said DAR Bicol Regional Director Maria Celestina Manlagñit-Tam.
Classified as common services facilities (CSFs) under the Arccess, these were distributed March this year to ARBOs farms producing crops such as rice, corn, vegetables, sugarcane, pineapple, abaca and coco coir.
Most of the ARBOs that benefited from the CSFs are based in Camarines Sur with 6 ARBOs, followed by Masbate with 3, Albay with 2 while the provinces of Camarines Norte, Catanduanes and Sorsogon have one ARBO each.
“There will be more ARBOs that will receive CSFs after the required processes are done,” Tam said.
These farmer organizations are: Bicol Sugar Coconut Planters Association in Pili, Pinit Irrigators Association (PINIA) in Ocampo, Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid sa Tinawagan (ALAMAT) Multi-purpose Cooperative in Tigaon, Bayanihan Savings Replication Organization (BSRO) in Del Gallego, Quepotol Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative (QFMPC) in Milaor, and San Agustin-San Ramon Farmers Cooperative Inc. (SARFC) in Bula, all in Camarines Sur;
Kamanitohan Irrigators Association in Manito, Maysua Farmers Association in Polangui both in Albay, Jamorawon Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Bagahanglad Peoples Organization in San Jacinto and Placer Multi-Purpose Cooperative, all in Masbate; Sta. Elena Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative in Camarines Norte, Casama Farmers Irrigators Service in Panganiban, Catanduanes and Bangate Multi-Purpose Cooperative in Barcelona, Sorsogon.
“Aside from mechanizing farming methods, Arccess also utilizes the expertise of professional services providers whom we refer to as ‘business coaches’ to transform farmers to become entrepreneurs,” Tam said.
"These sectoral partners are state-run colleges and universities, civil society organizations, and private institutions who can train farmers in bookkeeping, financial reports preparation and management and other technical operations," Tam added.
According to DAR Bicol, Arccess aims to improve the net income of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) by providing strategic subsidies in the form of professional services and revenue-generating agri-machineries to ARB organizations. These interventions aim to establish organizationally-matured ARBOs that are ready to undertake agri-enterprises, DAR Bicol told PIA. (RDA/MAL/JJJP-PIA5/Albay)
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