The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) announced on Wednesday the turnover of hauling trucks to two agrarian reform beneficiaries’ organizations (ARBOs) based in Malungon, Sarangani.
The move aims to help the farmers’ organizations in delivering their agricultural products to trading centers in the province.
The trucks were given to the Alkikan Vegetable Growers Association and Datal Batong Farmers Association in line with the objective of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III to boost the livelihood of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) nationwide.
Cenon S. Original, OIC-Provincial Agrarian Reform Program officer II, said the hauling trucks, with a total cost of P1.04 million, were provided under the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty Program (EPAHPP) and Linking Smallholder Farmers to Market with Microfinance (LinkSFarMM) projects.
“These two hauling trucks will benefit our ARBs, the vegetable farmers, and their surrounding barangays in transporting their farm produces,” he said.
Original said DAR has been involving the younger generations of the ARBs in various activities of the organizations for them to continue the legacy of farming of their elders.
EPAHPP is a government initiative addressing food security, hunger, and poverty problems through the cooperation and convergence of essential services of various government agencies.
LinkSFarMM is an innovative program of the DAR to increase the agricultural productivity of the farmers and effectively manage their agricultural production through a value chain process of enhancing raw materials to processed products, providing support services and equipment, and marketing assistance.