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Monday, September 26, 2005
DAR to check on land titles
THE Department of Agrarian Reform will conduct an inventory on all land titles it has distributed to check if the farmlands are being used according to their intended purpose.
Agrarian Reform Secretary Datu Nasser Pangan-daman said he is worried that some farmers might have sold the lots to earn money instead of tilling it.
Pangandaman said he would start the inventory this year so proper support services could be given to farmer beneficiaries.
He also said the inventory is important so they would be aware of the productivity of the land and to recommend more ways to sustain its productivity.
Carp
Since the land distribution through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (Carp) is about to be completed, Pangan-daman said they would need to have a comprehensive report on its success.
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has already distributed a total of 3.5 million hectares of land out of their total target of 4.29 million hectares in the country.
For Region 7 alone, a total land area of 120,000 hectares has been awarded to the farmers.
Last week, Pangan-daman distributed land titles to almost 300 farmer beneficiaries through the National Livelihood Support Fund.
A total of 133 certificates of land titles were distributed to farmers in barangays Poblacion, Tabunok and Bongon in Tabuelan town.
Support services
Aside from forming agrarian reform communities (ARCs), Pangandaman said President Arroyo suggested to him to come up with support services to farmers outside the ARCs.
In an inspection of the ARC communities, Pangan-daman said the President noticed the lack of improvement on the farmlands outside the ARCs.
Because of this, DAR would be coming up with farmer support programs and livelihood activities of farmers’ families outside the ARCs.
Promoted
Meanwhile, Pangan-daman said he had promoted several employees to directly work under his supervision.
He assured there will be more promotions to all DAR employees nationwide, prioritizing the length of the service of the employees.
“I would really take into consideration those who have been working with DAR for quite sometime. I would, of course, promote those who should be promoted,” he assured the employees.
He also promised to have an open communication with the employees, saying he would be observing an “open-door” policy where he would entertain inquiries directly from the employees themselves. (LLV)
(September 26, 2005 issue)
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