Agrarian Reform coops ink cacao production pact
By Gil E. Miranda
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 27 (PIA) - A tripartite
agreement among the Federation of Agrarian Reform Community Cooperatives
(FEDARCCO) in Agusan del Norte, Avancena Beneficiaries Farmers Multi-Purpose
Cooperative (ABFMPC), and Cacao Nursery Management Group inked a Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA) for the establishment of Cacao Nursery Project in Sanghan
Agrarian Reform Community (ARC) recently.
FEDARCCO Chairperson Leonila Alindogan said that
the FEDARCCO is committed to establish a
three hectares cacao nursery in the communal farm owned by ABFMPC at Sanghan
ARC.
“Through a series of consultation meetings, the
FEDARCCO decided to establish a nursery to supply the demand of cacao seedlings
in the province of Agusan del Norte as
well as in other neighboring provinces in Caraga region,” Alindogan added.
As stipulated in the MOA, FEDARCCO addressed the
demand for cacao seedlings of the local governments and national agencies in
support to the cacao program campaign.
Kennemer Foods International, Incorporated (KFI)
trained consultants will manage the project and provide the technology to
produce cacao seedlings.
For funding, FEDARCCO will borrow a loan from Land
Bank of the Philippines (LBP) under the
Department of Agrarian Reform Agrarian Production Credit Program (DAR-APCP), in
the amount of P20 Million to finance of the cacao nursery, if subsidy from the
national government cannot be availed of.
This latest developmental initiative of the
DAR-DA-LBP in this province to plant cacao in over 5,000 hectares targeted
between 2014-2016 will benefit thousands of
farmer-beneficiaries.
Agusan del Norte Provincial Agrarian Reform Program
Officer Andre B. Atega said that this initiative will contribute to the income
growth of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) and will maximize production in
awarded coconut lands through intercropping with cacao. (NCLM/DAR-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan
del Norte)
DPWH Caraga echoes order for “Undas”
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Oct. 27 (PIA) – The Department of
Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Caraga Regional Office, headed by Regional
Director Danilo Versola, has echoed the order of Public Works Secretary Rogelio
Singson to set up Motorists Assistance Centers during “the forthcoming
observance of All Saints’ Day on Novermber 1, 2014.”
Wenceslao LeaΓ±o, DPWH assistant regional director,
in his subsequent memorandum on October 20, 2014 to all district engineers
Caraga-wide, while also calling up the attention of the respective chiefs of
maintenance section, stated that all concerned “are directed to fully effect
all the instructions covered under paragraphs 2 and 3 of the said Memorandum,”
referring to the October 15, 2014 memo of the DPWH secretary himself.
“For and in the absence of the Regional Director,”
LeaΓ±o cited in his order “the activation of a composite team, including an
anchorman, who will aid the travelling public on strategic locations within
your jurisdiction and the setting-up of Motorists Assistance Center under the
‘Lakbay Alalay’ Program.”
Confirming to have received the instruction, both
District Engineers Joseph Calderon and Eulogio Milla of the DPWH First and
Second Engineering District Offices in Surigao del Sur, respectively, have
assured the implementation of such program, which “will start at 5:00 P.M. on
October 30, 2014 until 12:00 noon of November 3, 2014,” based on the memo of
Sec. Singson. (NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
