The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) recently distributed certificates of land ownership award (CLOAs) to 154 farmers in the province of Capiz.
In a statement, the DAR said a total of 157.0374 hectares of lands divided into 240 CLOAs were formally handed over to 154 agrarian-reform beneficiaries in a ceremony held in Roxas City on Tuesday.
Based on data provided by the DAR Region 6, a total of 97 farmers from the town of Pontevedra received their CLOAs during the ceremony; three from the town of Panay; nine from Panitan; 33 from Sigma; and 12 from Dao.
DAR Undersecretary Karlo S. Bello of the Field Operations Office led the distribution activity and was joined by DAR-Region 6 Director Atty. Eugene Follante and other key officials of the agency from the central and regional offices.
The official turnover of millions worth of support services was also facilitated during the ceremony to two agrarian-reform beneficiaries’ organizations (Arbos) in the province of Capiz. A four-wheel drive 90 horsepower Mccormic Tractor was formally handed down to the Agrarian Reform Cooperative of New Guia, an Arbo from Maayon town.
The tractor, worth P3.7 million, will be used by the cooperative to serve the rice, corn and sugarcane farmers in Maayon. The tractor is already equipped with custom disc plow, trailing harrow and a trailer truck. According to the estimates of the DAR-Region 6, around 546 hectares of rice, 222 hectares of corn and 287 hectares of sugarcane lands will directly benefit from the services of the newly acquired tractor.
Chief Agrarian Reform Officer Anthony Arostique said the facility was released under the Climate Resilient Farms Productivity Support Project of the DAR.
The same cooperative was also the recipient of microfinance program worth P650,000 for swine production, catering and crop production, Arostique added. Another support facility, a two-wheel drive six-wheeler hauling dump truck was also turned over to ESMAC Multi-Purpose Cooperative of Binuntucan, Pontevedra.
The P3.5 million worth dump truck will be utilized for hauling services of rice, corn and sugarcane farmers in the area.