The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has provided members of four agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBO) who are into rubber tree farming in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay to boost their production.
Bags and sacks of fertilizers and herbicides amounting to P2,815,400 were distributed by DAR to members of the Timbabauan Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organization in Timbabauan, Tungawan; Silingan Rubber Farmers Association in Silingan, R.T Lim; Tambanan Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organization in Tambanan, Naga and Goodyear Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative in Goodyear, Kabasalan.
DAR Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Mohammad Dassan Adju said the fertilizers and herbicides would spur rubber production in the province.
“The DAR is not just about giving lands to landless farmers, we also provide support services to uplift the economic lives of our agrarian reform beneficiaries,” he said.
The fertilizers and herbicides they receive would be a big help to increase the quantity and quality of their products.
The farm inputs, provided under Project ConVERGE (Convergence on Value Chain Enhancement for Rural Growth and Empowerment), were directly delivered to the ARBO’s respective warehouses under the supervision of DAR provincial office personnel.
Project ConVERGE is funded under the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and aims to boost the rural economy and reduce poverty in rural areas by empowering agribusiness enterprises and catalyzing market opportunities.