Zamboanga del Norte ARBs receive livelihood project

Agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) of Sto. Niño Farmers CARP Multi-Purpose Cooperative, in Barangay. Sto. Niño, Katipunan, Zamboanga Del Norte received from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), a total of 192 ready-to-lay chickens for the egg production project as seed business to boost the livelihood activities of the ARBs aside from farming.

This project is implemented under the DAR’s Climate Resilient Farm Productivity Support Program (CRFPSP) with a total cost of Php250,000 and aims to enhance and sustain the agricultural productivity of agrarian reform communities as a measure towards climate change resiliency.

Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Rizzel Villanueva said project is intended as a supplemental business for the members of the organization to boost their income while mitigating the nutrition problem of the province and for them to be resilient to climate change.

“I hope that you will conscientiously take good care of this project and maintain its sustainability for it to be successful,” he said.

Villanueva and ARB Organization Chairman Nida Bagsican signed a memorandum of agreement specifying the obligations of both parties to cooperatively work together in the implementation of the project.

Bagsican expressed her gratitude to the DAR and provided her commitment that the project provided by the DAR will grow and prosper.