More government agencies and organization joined the DAR for a second round table discussion (RTD) on the delivery of support to agrarian reform communities in Camp Biel in Tabiawan, this city.
Infantry Brigade Commander General Carlito Galvez, Jr. welcomes the participants to the round-table discussion.
The discussion created a technical working group (TWG) that will look into the problems and issues of the ARCs. Problems, issues, needs and concerns were prioritized and given its corresponding solution.
DAR is the lead agency in the composition of the Technical Working Group with other agencies and coop personnel as its members such as TESDA, DTI, DOLE, CDA, LBP, DOST, DAF-ARMM, DOLE-Isabela City, UWARBMPC Manager Mr. Rafael Enriquez, LARBECO Chairman Mr. Rodelio Ramonez, TARBIDC Chairman Mr. Rajing Adjain and SCARBIDC Chairman Edgardo Luis.
Prior to this consultation, meetings were held with DAR major stakeholders like the Land Bank of the Philippines, Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Trade and Industry, and Cooperative Development Authority to discuss on how to continue productivity and improvement when these organizations shall have already subdivided. These series of consultations were aimed at making the stakeholders and key players appreciate the concept and understand the intricacies of implementing the growership scheme and eventually guide the coop officers and members to make a decision whether to shift into this new farming system or not.
DAR's chief of operations, Engr. Ronald Gadaingan presents to group the features of a proposed growership arrangement scheme in agrarian reform communities as DTI provincial director, Delmar Halipa (L), DAR's PARO Suwaib Ismael (center) and Gen. Galvez (R) listen.
Many issues and concerns were undertaken like incompetency of cooperative members to run for office, culture of corruption in the management level together with the BOD members, institutionalization of succession, agrarian reform beneficiaries are not fully empowered, no continuity of long term projects and programs during change of officials , lack of funds for resurveying of parcels of lands and very expensive training fees mandated by the CDA. Thereafter, a presentation by the Technical Working Group to Team Basilan was held on April 8, 2014 in the same venue.
(Left-right - Bishop Martin Jumoad, Gen. Carlito Galvez, Gov. Jum Akbar and Dr. Abdulkhair Tarason listen attentively to issues besetting the cooperatives in Basilan.)
Team Basilan, composing of heads of various agencies in Basilan, was impressed with the TWG presentation. However, it still have to work out the issues and needs the assistance of the different agencies. Mismanagement of cooperatives and non-functional nature of the Provincial Cooperative Office (PCO) were the priority issues to address. Nevertheless, it was agreed that steps must be undertaken to address theses issues such as strengthening the PCO by adding new people into the office who are technically skilled in coop matters through detail of DAR and CDA employees who are well versed with coop matters, establishing Provincial Cooperative Development Council (PCDC) consisting of Team Basilan, DAR and CDA with PCO as secretariat, increasing staff of CDA and preparing an executive order identifying the members of PCDC and defining their roles.
The round table discussion is a concerted effort of the Department of Agrarian Reform Basilan provincial office and Task Force Archipelago of the U.S. visiting forces agreement under the team of Capt. Austin Liu who replaced Capt. Tanner Fleck.
The round table discussion is a concerted effort of the Department of Agrarian Reform Basilan provincial office and Task Force Archipelago of the U.S. visiting forces agreement under the team of Capt. Austin Liu who replaced Capt. Tanner Fleck.
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