ROXAS City – Agrarian Reform secretary John Castriciones will lead the distribution of Certificate of Land Ownership Awards (CLOAs) to Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs), March 23, at the covered gym of the Capiz State University in Pilar town.
The day-long activity will also include a door-to-door delivery of CLOAs by Castriciones to identified ARBs and distribution of farm machineries and equipment or Common Service Facilities (CSF) as well as livelihood assistance to Agrarian Reform Beneficiary Organizations (ARBOs).
Based on the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)-Capiz Provincial Office records, a total 396 hectares of land are up for distribution to ARBs in Pilar, Pres. Roxas, Dao, Maayon, Panay, Panitan, Pontevedra, Pres. Roxas, Sapian, Sigma, and Tapaz towns.
The CSF for ARBOs worth P4.547-million includes five units of Biomass Shredder, two units motorized weeder, 90 HP 4WD Tractor, power tiller/cultivator, water pump with engine set, motorized sprayer, grass cutter, and single-pass travelling rice mill.
Also, the livelihood assistance under the agency’s Convergence on Livelihood Assistance for ARBs Project (CLAAP) worth P2.344,172 includes meat processing, vegetable production, hog raising, and soap making projects.
At least 240 and 157 ARBs representing their respective ARBOs will benefit from the CSF and CLAAP assistance, respectively.
Castriciones was also in the province for the distribution of CLOAs, CSF and CLAAP projects last March 2019.
Recently, President Rodrigo Duterte wants the DAR to hasten land distribution in areas that remain hotbeds for communist insurgency to eliminate the rebels’ influence.
The President, during the Joint National Task Force (NTF)-Regional Task Force (RTF) to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) Region 10 in Cagayan de Oro last week, said that DAR has 450,000 hectares of land for distribution which he expects to be completed and accomplished before his term ends. (JBG/AAL/PIA Capiz)
