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DAR chief: Improving farmers’ lives is Marcos’ priority

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MANILA – Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Conrado Estrella III stated that one of the priorities of the Marcos administration is to improve the economic lives of the farmers.

According to Estrella, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will sign an Executive Order (EO) imposing a moratorium on payments of amortization fees and interest loans of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) to support the intensified provision of support services and expedite the distribution of all idle government-owned lands.

The EO, he said, will be signed when Marcos turns 65 on Sept. 13 as part of his commitment during his first State of the Nation Address (SONA).

“I trust the wisdom of the President. The money of the ARBs that will be spent for their debts and other obligations will be used instead for other agricultural ventures. They can use that as additional capital for greater agricultural production,” Estrella said during the recent agency’s PHP15.85-billion budget proposal hearing for the year 2023.

Estrella reiterated Marcos’ call for the land amortization fees of the ARBs to be condoned.

“I have a continuous talk with the members of the House and the Senate, and I think they are going to support this measure as it is expected to benefit the ARBs nationwide,” Estrella said.

He added that with the condonation, the ARBs would be debt-free, and their farmlands, as their personal asset, could be used as collateral or a negotiable instrument, which would benefit those who would only receive a small portion of land.

According to Estrella, Marcos also supports the department’s drive to intensify its provision of support services such as construction of more infrastructure facilities, providing farmers with farm machines, equipment and inputs, and giving them various capacity development training.

“Aside from these, we would also include the children of our ARBs in the coverage of the Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education scholarship under the Commission on Higher Education. We would also provide our farmers with medical assistance through our partnership with the Department of Health,” he said.

Under Executive Order 75, series of 2019, the DAR also intends to distribute all of the remaining 256,121 hectares of idle government-owned lands to farmer-beneficiaries of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program.

Estrella stated that under Marcos leadership, the DAR aims to accomplish the following over the next six years:
• 80 percent or 743,800 ARBs empowered with enhanced productivity and family income and become economically independent and active players,
• 85 percent or 7,800 ARB organizations with stable business operations, and
• 80 percent or 1,300 Agrarian Reform Communities with improved business ecosystem and connectivity.

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