CALBIGA, Samar, Dec. 5 (PNA) –
Four agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) will be tapped as
supplier of fresh farm products for the feeding of 803 day care pupils in 39
centers in this town.
This resulted after Provincial
Agrarian Reform Program Officer (PARPO) Leovigildo Monge and Mayor Melchor
Nacario formalized last week the alliance between the Department of Agrarian
Reform (DAR) and the local government unit (LGU) by signing a deal to
effectively implement the Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (PAHP)
program.
It likewise provided the ARBOs a
ready market for their farm produce. The 120-day feeding program will kick off
within this month.
Under the agreement, the LGU will
buy ingredients for the supplemental feeding program of the Department of
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for day care children from the four
identified ARBOs.
The four ARBOs are the Bulao
Farmers Association, Canbagtic Farmers Association, Macaalan Farmers
Association and the Panayuran Farmers Association, who are all into organic
vegetable production.
Meanwhile, Municipal Social
Welfare and Development Officer (MSWDO) Eva Ranas disclosed to the ARBOs the
monthly requirement for the daily feeding program.
The list include 48 kilos of
tomatoes, 26 kilos sayote, 26 kilos kangkong, 33 kilos ampalaya, 18 kilos
ginger, 67 kilos squash, 53 kilos sitaw, 93 kilos yellow papaya, 16 kilos green
papaya and 26 kilos malunggay.
However, Rana explained to the
farmers that the latter may deliver their products on a weekly basis.
She also assured the ARBOs that
their products will be purchased at prevailing market price.
PAHP is a convergence strategy to
integrate and strengthen development framework among national government
agencies, LGUs and other stakeholders wherein complimentary human, physical and
financial resources are efficiently and effectively deployed addressing
critical concerns in hunger mitigation, food security and poverty reduction.
(PNA)
RMA/SQM/DAR-PR
RMA/SQM/DAR-PR
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