The Department
of Agrarian Reform (DAR)
and the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA)
have come together to
help boost the livelihood of
small farmers in the Province of Cavite.
Officials of DAR
and PNPA have sealed
the partnership with the
signing of a memorandum
of partnership on Tuesday,
June 20, at PNPA Heroes
Hall in Silang, Cavite.
I m p l e m e n t e d
through DAR’s Partnership Against Hunger and
Poverty (PAHP) program,
the partnership aims to
link agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARB) and their
organizations to institutional buyers and markets.
In a statement,
Atty. Milagros Isabel Cristobal, Undersecretary for
Support Services Office,
said the DAR empowers
the ARB by providing them
with various support such
as technology training and
capability building for them
to produce quality goods.
However, one of the challenges they face is where
to sell their products at a
competitive price.
“Through the
PAHP program, we provide our farmers with established markets for their
farm produce. This way,
we help them uplift their
economic lives and help
the government in ensuring food sufficiency,” Cristobal said.
Under the partnership agreement,
Caviteño ARBs would supply agricultural commodities to the PNPA which
include rice, corn, poultry,
various vegetables, and
groceries, to name a few.
PNPA Director
Maj. Gen. Eric Noble, said
that through this partnership, the two agencies
could somehow help in addressing hunger and poverty in the area, which are
included as root causes of
rebellion.
“This partnership
is a great strategy in combatting poverty among our
farmers. Providing them
with an established market
ensures them a steady income that can be a source
of their daily expenses,”
he said.
Noble added
that they would help improve this initiative until
it becomes a DAR-PNPA
endeavor on a nationwide
scale. (Businessmirror)
