DAR issues 682 CLOAs to Kalinga beneficiaries
>> Thursday, August 10, 2023
TABUK CITY, Kalinga -- Agrarian
Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella 3rd recently distributed 682 Certificates of
Land Ownership Awards to around 772 farmers in Kalinga.
More than 40,000CLOAs will be distributed by the Dept. of Agrarian Reform to farmers to hasten distribution of free lands to beneficiaries.
Estrella distribution of CLOAs will be simultaneously done with the signing into law by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the New Agrarian Reform Emancipation Act which mandates distribution of lands subject to agrarian reform to the identified recipients.
"We will remain aggressive in the distribution of lands to our farmers for them to own the lands that they currently till for free," Estrella said.
The DAR official said the government stands to lose around P50 billion in the process of giving out the lands to the farmers but the same is manageable because it will be on a multiyear obligation which is why it will be spread over a period of time and not on a one-time spending.
According to him, the distribution of the 40,000 CLOAs will just be the start of the government's efforts to give out the available lands to the farmers to help them establish their ownership over the lands that they currently till aside from ensuring better productivity to contribute in stabilizing the country's food security.
Estrella admitted that the problem in the distribution of CLOAs in the past was the issuance of the so-called "collective CLOAs" which caused confusion and conflict among the recipients.
He stated that the agency will aggressively work on the division of the lands into parcels for the issued "collective CLOAs" and employ strategies for the resolution of existing conflicts so that each of the beneficiaries will be getting their respective CLOAs on the lands that they currently till for them to become more productive and will be encouraged to help in stabilizing the country's food security.
Estrella disclosed that the agency will be closely working with the Agriculture department, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, and the Land Bank of the Philippines to provide more support services to the farmers such as assistance, scholarship grants for the children of farmers, skills training, and soft loans that will increase their production.
More than 40,000CLOAs will be distributed by the Dept. of Agrarian Reform to farmers to hasten distribution of free lands to beneficiaries.
Estrella distribution of CLOAs will be simultaneously done with the signing into law by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the New Agrarian Reform Emancipation Act which mandates distribution of lands subject to agrarian reform to the identified recipients.
"We will remain aggressive in the distribution of lands to our farmers for them to own the lands that they currently till for free," Estrella said.
The DAR official said the government stands to lose around P50 billion in the process of giving out the lands to the farmers but the same is manageable because it will be on a multiyear obligation which is why it will be spread over a period of time and not on a one-time spending.
According to him, the distribution of the 40,000 CLOAs will just be the start of the government's efforts to give out the available lands to the farmers to help them establish their ownership over the lands that they currently till aside from ensuring better productivity to contribute in stabilizing the country's food security.
Estrella admitted that the problem in the distribution of CLOAs in the past was the issuance of the so-called "collective CLOAs" which caused confusion and conflict among the recipients.
He stated that the agency will aggressively work on the division of the lands into parcels for the issued "collective CLOAs" and employ strategies for the resolution of existing conflicts so that each of the beneficiaries will be getting their respective CLOAs on the lands that they currently till for them to become more productive and will be encouraged to help in stabilizing the country's food security.
Estrella disclosed that the agency will be closely working with the Agriculture department, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, and the Land Bank of the Philippines to provide more support services to the farmers such as assistance, scholarship grants for the children of farmers, skills training, and soft loans that will increase their production.
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