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Distribution
of farm production inputs to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs)
in Paranas was done simultaneously by the Department of
Agrarian Reform (DAR) in two other Samar towns.
(Photo by
Monica Bato) |
DAR-Samar rolls
out distribution of agri-production inputs
By
JOSE ALSMITH L. SORIA
July 28, 2020
SAN JORGE, Samar –
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) rolled out the distribution
of farm production inputs in this province by holding simultaneously
on Tuesday last week the said activity in three Samar towns.
A total of 174 agrarian
reform beneficiaries (ARBs) from the towns of San Jorge, Gandara and
Paranas became the first recipients of a starter kit for crop
production containing a shovel, a hoe, 10 kilos of complete
fertilizer, 10 kilos of vermicast, urea, organic pesticide, and two
varieties of seeds.
Assistant Regional
Director Ma. Fe Malinao, who led the distribution activities in
Barangay Bulao in San Jorge, explained that this farm productivity
assistance is the second component of the ARBold Move project which
is DAR’s immediate response to the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act.
These farm inputs are
expected to help you (ARBs) generate income from surplus production
and at the same time meet the nutritional requirements of your
households during this time of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic, Malinao told the farmers.
Meanwhile, Samar
Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II (PARPO II) Celsa
Mabutin disclosed that 463 ARB-members of the 32 DAR-assisted farmer
organizations throughout the province are going to benefit from this
component.
She further disclosed that
each town will receive different sets of seeds to avoid oversupply
of a particular crop.
