Three more agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) in southern Negros Occidental have received P7.1 million worth of common service facilities (CSFs) from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).

The turnover rites, held in Barangay Dulao, Bago City on April 20, 2018, was led by Assistant Regional Director for Support Services Antonio del Socorro and Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Lucrecia Taberna.

Under its Climate Resilient Farm Productivity Support Project, the department presented a farm tractor each to the Sta. Rita Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative of Barangay Dulao, Bago City; Tara Agrarian Reform Cooperative of Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City; and Bajay-Patol Agrarian Reform Cooperative of Barangay Caliling, Cauayan town. These ARBOs are under DAR-Negros Occidental II.

Last March 22, the DAR, through Agrarian Reform Undersecretary for Support Services Rosalina Bistoyong, also turned over almost P17 million worth of CSFs to four ARBOs in southern Negros — the Minaba Agrarian Reform Cooperative in Kabankalan City, Hacienda Esperanza ARB Association in La Carlota City, Hacienderos Agrarian Reform Cooperative, and Binubuhan Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association, both in Bago City.

Each received a four-wheel-drive tractor, trailing harrow, disc plow, and trailer, for a total of 16 units of service facilities. These were distributed under the department’s sugar block farm project.

Last April 11, the DAR released more than P23.5-million worth of similar facilities to five ARBOs in northern Negros.

At least 200 member-beneficiaries benefited from the farm machinery distributed under the department’s Sugar Block Farm and Climate Resilient Farm Productivity Support programs. (PNA)