Agrarian reform beneficiaries donate farm produce to BJMP
Published May 8, 2020 12:00 am
By Czarina Nicole Ong Ki
One good deed deserves another. This is what two agrarian reform beneficiaries’ organizations (ARBOs) of Bauko in Mountain Province have proven after they gave aid to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology-Mountain Province (BJMP-MP) and to their fellow ARBO.
Representatives of Monamon Federation of Irrigators’ Association (MONFIA) and the Bauko Organic Practitioners Credit Cooperative (BOPCC) donate their agricultural products to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology - Mountain Province (BJMP-MP). (PDO Paulino D. Tumapang)
The Philippines is currently dealing with challenges in relation to food security because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Several ARBOs have already received help from the Convergence on Livelihood Assistance for Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Project (CLAAP), a partnership project between the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
Two of these ARBOs -- the Monamon Federation of Irrigators’ Association (MONFIA) and the Bauko Organic Practitioners Credit Cooperative (BOPCC) -- decided to share the blessings they have received by turning over 400 kilograms of Sayote, 150 kilograms of Romaine Lettuce, and 100 kilograms of assorted vegetables to the BJMP.
“Thank you very much for the generosity of these ARBOs as this will help subsidize our meager budget allocation for the food of our inmates,” BJMP inspector John S. Melecio said to thank the ARBOs.
For their part, MONFIA head Semeon Banwa said they just wanted to give back to the community, especially since the government has been supporting them through the CLAAP project since last year.
"The sayote production, which is our partnership program with the DAR and DSWD, is now helping us increase our source of income," said Banwa. "We also donated to the local government unit (LGU) of Bauko 300 seedlings of sayote, which they will distribute to the farmers in other barangays situated in the southern part of the municipality."
With the help of their partner organizations, Banwa said that they would also be donating additional seedlings to their co-CLAAP beneficiary because the latter's sayote production has been hit by pests.
“We will donate 200 kilograms of sayote seedlings to the Bagnen Balintaugan Tibungaen Credit Cooperative (BBTCCo) to help them revive their CLAAP Sayote Livelihood Program,” Banwa said.
The CLAAP project has already benefited over 321 farmers in Mountain Province. The municipality of Bauko has 87 beneficiaries covering three major barangays -- Monamon Norte, Sadsadan, and Bagnen proper. All of them are engaged in sayote production.
In fact, the 43 beneficiaries of Monamon Norte have recently sold more than 10 tons of sayote products to the LGUs of Laguna and Mountain Province, generating a gross sale of P158,725.
Out of the total of 321 CLAAP beneficiaries, 65 percent are engaged in livelihood activities such as swine raising and meat processing. The remaining six percent are engaged in bread and pastry production.
Representatives of Monamon Federation of Irrigators’ Association (MONFIA) and the Bauko Organic Practitioners Credit Cooperative (BOPCC) donate their agricultural products to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology - Mountain Province (BJMP-MP). (PDO Paulino D. Tumapang)
The Philippines is currently dealing with challenges in relation to food security because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Several ARBOs have already received help from the Convergence on Livelihood Assistance for Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Project (CLAAP), a partnership project between the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
Two of these ARBOs -- the Monamon Federation of Irrigators’ Association (MONFIA) and the Bauko Organic Practitioners Credit Cooperative (BOPCC) -- decided to share the blessings they have received by turning over 400 kilograms of Sayote, 150 kilograms of Romaine Lettuce, and 100 kilograms of assorted vegetables to the BJMP.
“Thank you very much for the generosity of these ARBOs as this will help subsidize our meager budget allocation for the food of our inmates,” BJMP inspector John S. Melecio said to thank the ARBOs.
For their part, MONFIA head Semeon Banwa said they just wanted to give back to the community, especially since the government has been supporting them through the CLAAP project since last year.
"The sayote production, which is our partnership program with the DAR and DSWD, is now helping us increase our source of income," said Banwa. "We also donated to the local government unit (LGU) of Bauko 300 seedlings of sayote, which they will distribute to the farmers in other barangays situated in the southern part of the municipality."
With the help of their partner organizations, Banwa said that they would also be donating additional seedlings to their co-CLAAP beneficiary because the latter's sayote production has been hit by pests.
“We will donate 200 kilograms of sayote seedlings to the Bagnen Balintaugan Tibungaen Credit Cooperative (BBTCCo) to help them revive their CLAAP Sayote Livelihood Program,” Banwa said.
The CLAAP project has already benefited over 321 farmers in Mountain Province. The municipality of Bauko has 87 beneficiaries covering three major barangays -- Monamon Norte, Sadsadan, and Bagnen proper. All of them are engaged in sayote production.
In fact, the 43 beneficiaries of Monamon Norte have recently sold more than 10 tons of sayote products to the LGUs of Laguna and Mountain Province, generating a gross sale of P158,725.
Out of the total of 321 CLAAP beneficiaries, 65 percent are engaged in livelihood activities such as swine raising and meat processing. The remaining six percent are engaged in bread and pastry production.