The Department of Trade and Industry Cagayan Provincial Office through its Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (DTI-CARP) in collaboration with the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) conducted a series of monitoring to Agrarian Reform Beneficiary Organizations (ARBOs) in the province on January-February 2024. The activity aims to assess the implementation of CARP Projects of DTI and DAR to the ARBOs.

DTI Cagayan CARP Team, TIDS Caroline Mae Engeljakob and TIDS Andre M. Abique, together with the different Development Facilitators (DFs) assigned in the area, conducted monitoring to the following ARBOs:

• MBG Farmer Irrigators Credit Cooperative (Purok 1, Baluncanag, Rizal, Cagayan)

• Cabayabasan Multi- Purpose Cooperative (Cabayabasan, Lal-lo, Cagayan)

• Pata Multi- Purpose Cooperative (Pata East, Claveria, Cagayan)

• Payagan Farmers Cooperative (Payagan East, Ballesteros, Cagayan)

• Sta. Praxedes Gamet Gatherers and Vendors Association (Centro 1, Sta. Praxedes, Cagayan)

• ARBO: Sambaland ARB Cooperative (Sanchez Mira, Cagayan)

• Tayak Agri- Fisheries Producers Association (Purok Tayak, Siguiran, Abulug, Cagayan)

• Abulug Dragonfruit Producers Association (Sta. Rosa, Abulug, Cagayan)

• Caagaman Multi- Purpose Cooperative (Caagaman, Aparri, Cagayan)

• San Mariano Agrarian Reform Cooperative (San Mariano, Lal-lo, Cagayan)

• Cambass Agrarian Reform Cooperative (Cabiraoan, Gonzaga, Cagayan)

• Maguing Multi- Purpose Cooperative (Sta. Clara, Gonzaga, Cagayan)

• Lasvinag Multi- Purpose Cooperative (Lapogan, Gattaran, Cagayan)

• Sta. Cruz Multi-Purpose Cooperative (Pamplona, Cagayan)

• Patasda ARB Cooperative (Allacapan, Cagayan)

• Evergreen Agrarian Reform Cooperative (Baggao, Cagayan)

• Concepcion Agrarian Reform Cooperative (Amulung, Cagayan)

• Salamin Multi-Purpose Cooperative (Tuao, Cagayan)

• Northern Sto. Niño Agrarian Reform Cooperative (Sto. Niño, Cagayan)

• Nabbotuan Farmers MPC (Solana, Cagayan)

• Solana West Farmers Cooperative (Solana, Cagayan)

• VILLAREY ARB COOPERATIVE (Piat, Cagayan)

• MABUHAY AGRI-CROP MPC (Piat, Cagayan)

Through the conducted series of monitoring, the commitment of the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organizations (ARBOs)/CARPreneurs and timely implementation of planned activities for CY 2024 were ensured. This activity led to the identification of gray areas and possible bottlenecks in the implementation of various assistance and interventions in the four instrumental areas of doing business, namely: Marketing; Organization and Management; Production and Processing; and Financial. Additionally, discussions with the ARBOs encompassed scheduled trainings and product development, along with other matters for the improvement of their respective business operations. ♦

Date of release: 05 March 2024

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