DAR gathers farmers in WV

• Source:https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1022233
• Tuesday, May 21, 2019

(PIA/ DAR-Public Assistance and Media Relations Service)

ILOILO CITY, May 21 – Agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Western Visayas gathered for a symposium in Iloilo City.

The event held in Iloilo City, May 6, was led by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) - Regional Office 6.

Some 134 ARB organization representatives participated in the conference to include the 42 participants from Iloilo, 30 from Antique, 27 from Capiz, 22 from Aklan, and 13 from Guimaras.

Also in attendance were the provincial agrarian reform program officers II and the regional and provincial chief agrarian reform program officers.

DAR Undersecretary Karlo S. Bello of the Field Operations Group also attended the event.

The conference aims to capacitate and create awareness to farmer group leaders and members, specifically on the principles of land amortization; cooperative tax exemption and privileges; and available credit programs.

The resource speakers were from the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), and Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC).

LBP-Agrarian Office Center representative Lemuel Sembrano discussed matters pertaining to land amortization, while lawyer Roumilia Alpasan-Base of the CDA focused on the pertinent policies on cooperative taxation.

The benefits of the ARB Insurance Program were discussed by a team from the PCIC led by Vice President Antonio Uy II.

It was also an opportunity for the farmers and farmer-leaders to reconnect and to expand their knowledge and share their experiences in enhancing the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program.

Likewise, the conference hoped to widen the participants’ information on the different programs and services offered by DAR and other partner agencies to the ARB organizations.