LEGAZPI CITY, Oct. 18 (PIA) -- The municipality of Garchitorena in Camarines Sur province will soon become one of most notable sites of the government’s high-impact projects in Bicol region with a manner of implementation no one in said town may have ever foreseen.
September 27, 2013 was a historic day for this 4th class municipality of 25,000 plus inhabitants when officials from the Departments of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Environment and Natural Resources(DENR), Agriculture (DA), Interior and Local Government (DILG), Social Work and Development (DSWD), Education (DepEd), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) trooped to the coastal barangay of Asonvia, a rugged 5-hour caravan to launch the town’s unprecedented program which is expected to change Garchitorena’s agricultural landscape.
The program dubbed “Garchitorena: A Landscape in Rural Development” is a showcase of national government agencies’ adoption of national convergence initiative (NCI) concept where resources of participating agencies are pooled together to bring in the much needed rural development projects. Its ultimate goal is to reduce poverty by increasing the income of the people especially the farmers in agrarian reform areas.
With the theme “DARamayan Bikolnon, Garchitorena Pauswagon,” Mayor Jesus Rico Sarmiento hosted the activities for the day, such as the launching of the convergence program, presentation of the development plan, declaration of commitment, awarding of credit assistance to recipient farmers, distribution of farm equipments and seedlings of various crops, and the turn-over of the newly-completed community-based potable water supply, sanitation and hygiene (CPWASH) project from DAR.
Joining convergence initiative is Camarines Sur 4th District Representative Felix William ‘Wimpy’ Fuentebella who committed his full support to the program as he revealed how his office will integrate its projects with the convergence development framework of Garchitorena especially on road networks.
Under the Intervention Plan, Garchitorena will be provided rural infrastructures such as farm-to market-roads, school buildings, bridges (Tulay ng Pangulo), flood control projects, and potable water systems. Forty six (46) classrooms are likewise programmed for repair.
On the production support side, the town’s farmers will be provided farm machineries & garden tools; seedlings of seaweeds, coconut, and other high value crops; tilapia fingerlings; mangrove propagules and many more.
The intensified coconut production, tree planting under the National Greening Program (NGP) and organic farming are also included in the package. A livestock and poultry multiplier farm will likewise be established in the area.
In order to ensure sustainability, these projects will be complemented with appropriate livelihood programs, while the farmers will be made to undergo technology trainings as para-technicians and agri-extension workers.
To date, the total worth of theconvergence program is now more than 228 million pesos.
DAR Bicol regional director Luis B. Bueno, Jr., while taking note of the newly completed 2-classroom school building in Brgy.Ason and CPWASH project in Brgy. Canlong, recalled that the local convergence initiative started with the collaboration between DAR and PCA, when then RD Maria Celestina Manlagñit-Tam and PCA V Manager Eduardo Allorde agreed to expand their partnership by involving other line agencies.
For his part, DAR Camarines Sur II head Ramon Fuentebella said that DAR being the lead agency in this venture, has already been implementing projects for the agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Garchitorena long before the convergence idea was hatched. He added that DAR’s Agrarian Reform Communities Projects (ARCP II) has eleven (11) subprojects in Garchitorena that range from FMRs, flood controls, solar dyers to school buildings and health stations, with a total worth of more than 47 million. Of these, two solar dryers and two 2-classroom school buildings are already completed. (MAL/JJP/RRLoria-DAR5/PIA5)
September 27, 2013 was a historic day for this 4th class municipality of 25,000 plus inhabitants when officials from the Departments of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Environment and Natural Resources(DENR), Agriculture (DA), Interior and Local Government (DILG), Social Work and Development (DSWD), Education (DepEd), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) trooped to the coastal barangay of Asonvia, a rugged 5-hour caravan to launch the town’s unprecedented program which is expected to change Garchitorena’s agricultural landscape.
The program dubbed “Garchitorena: A Landscape in Rural Development” is a showcase of national government agencies’ adoption of national convergence initiative (NCI) concept where resources of participating agencies are pooled together to bring in the much needed rural development projects. Its ultimate goal is to reduce poverty by increasing the income of the people especially the farmers in agrarian reform areas.
With the theme “DARamayan Bikolnon, Garchitorena Pauswagon,” Mayor Jesus Rico Sarmiento hosted the activities for the day, such as the launching of the convergence program, presentation of the development plan, declaration of commitment, awarding of credit assistance to recipient farmers, distribution of farm equipments and seedlings of various crops, and the turn-over of the newly-completed community-based potable water supply, sanitation and hygiene (CPWASH) project from DAR.
Joining convergence initiative is Camarines Sur 4th District Representative Felix William ‘Wimpy’ Fuentebella who committed his full support to the program as he revealed how his office will integrate its projects with the convergence development framework of Garchitorena especially on road networks.
Under the Intervention Plan, Garchitorena will be provided rural infrastructures such as farm-to market-roads, school buildings, bridges (Tulay ng Pangulo), flood control projects, and potable water systems. Forty six (46) classrooms are likewise programmed for repair.
On the production support side, the town’s farmers will be provided farm machineries & garden tools; seedlings of seaweeds, coconut, and other high value crops; tilapia fingerlings; mangrove propagules and many more.
The intensified coconut production, tree planting under the National Greening Program (NGP) and organic farming are also included in the package. A livestock and poultry multiplier farm will likewise be established in the area.
In order to ensure sustainability, these projects will be complemented with appropriate livelihood programs, while the farmers will be made to undergo technology trainings as para-technicians and agri-extension workers.
To date, the total worth of theconvergence program is now more than 228 million pesos.
DAR Bicol regional director Luis B. Bueno, Jr., while taking note of the newly completed 2-classroom school building in Brgy.Ason and CPWASH project in Brgy. Canlong, recalled that the local convergence initiative started with the collaboration between DAR and PCA, when then RD Maria Celestina Manlagñit-Tam and PCA V Manager Eduardo Allorde agreed to expand their partnership by involving other line agencies.
For his part, DAR Camarines Sur II head Ramon Fuentebella said that DAR being the lead agency in this venture, has already been implementing projects for the agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Garchitorena long before the convergence idea was hatched. He added that DAR’s Agrarian Reform Communities Projects (ARCP II) has eleven (11) subprojects in Garchitorena that range from FMRs, flood controls, solar dyers to school buildings and health stations, with a total worth of more than 47 million. Of these, two solar dryers and two 2-classroom school buildings are already completed. (MAL/JJP/RRLoria-DAR5/PIA5)
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