Group doubts DAR-South Bukidnon can deliver target by end-2011

Posted: December 4th, 2011 | Filed under: News Events | Tags: , , , , , , , |

Wenceslao Magallanes (left), Quick Response Officer of the Department of Agrarian Reforms, explains the DAR’s installation order to the farmer-beneficiaries of Ocaya Ranch. Beside him is PARO Norberto Paquingan.MARAMAG, Bukidnon (MindaNews/04 December) – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) of South Bukidnon believes it can meet its target to distribute the lands covered by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) before the year ends.

But Task Force Mapalad (TFM), a national federation of farmers, farm workers and individuals working for agrarian reform, doubts the agency can meet its target given the current pace of the implementation of the program.

Norberto Paquingan, Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer (PARO) of South Bukidnon, claimed that they can meet the 2,126-hectare target before December 31. Read More »