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World Bank gives satisfactory rating to PRDP Mindanao projects

DAVAO CITY– The World Bank said they were
satisfied with the implementation of the Philippine Rural Development Project
(PRDP) in Mindanao after the conduct of a review mission held here.

I am very happy with what I’ve
seen… a lot of planning and developing subprojects have come into actual
implementation,” World Bank Task Team Leader for PRDP Frauke Jungbluth said in
a press conference.

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Farmers demanding rice rally in front of DA-12 in Koronadal

sand//scontent.fmnl4-3.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/13012598_953259264780883_5933877268027266616_n.jpg?oh=1de5705ccac94261569bdc237828e870andampoe=57A68B4C KORONADAL CITY – Thousands of farmers from different parts of Regions 12, 10 and 11 have gathered along
a busy GenSan drive here to demand rice from the Department of Agriculture in what
appeared to be a Kidapawan experience unfolding here.

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ARMM distributes large swaths of lands to poor farmers

COTABATO CITY --- The government subdivided 12,212.9 hectares of arable lands to 4,469 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao from 2012 to 2015.Based on records, the feat is more than 50 percent leap from what past ARMM administrations had accomplished in terms of disposing off lands to qualified farmer-beneficiaries.As an incentive, Malacañang will complement ARMM’s agrarian reform initiatives with an P8 million yearly subsidy starting this year to maximize efforts of providing peasants with lands with they can own and till.Records obtained from th

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120 ARBS complete farmer field school in Saranggani

COTABATO CITY -A total of 120 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) underwent a season-long Farmer Field School (FFS) in the Municipalities of Maasim and Malungon in Sarangani Province. The FFS, as one of the Department of Agrarian Reform’s (DAR’s) support services strategies, trains the farmers on various farm production methods. Specifically, FFS is geared to help the farmers understand the relationship of crop with soil nutrients and its interaction with pest and natural enemies. With this, the farmers received Certificates of Course Completion on Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

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Rep. Zarate warns Kidapawan cops of charges for blocking food to protesting farmers

DAVAO CITY --Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate warns that North Cotabato policemen and officers will face criminal and administrative charges for imposing an illegal food blockade on hungry protesting farmers. There is now a virtual martial law in Kidapawan! It is highly outrageous and illegal for these police officers to block and deny some 300 farmers from receiving their share from the rice donated by concerned citizens and private groups, Rep.

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Alcala blames politics in Kidapawan bloody dispersal Pinol calls DA exec insane

COTABATO CITY -- Agriculture Secretary Proseso Alcala has blamed former North Cotabato Gov. Emmanuel Pinol for instigating the farmers which led to Friday's bloody clash with police in Kidapawan City.The Philippine Star reported that Alcala has said the farmers protest was not about farmers gripes over lack of government support for their losses due to El Nino. According to Alcala, Piñol’s brother is running against reelectionist North Cotabato Gov.

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Gov. Mendoza to meet farmers holding protest in Kidapawan

KIDAPAWAN CITY– North Cotabato Governor Lala Mendoza has agreed to hold a meeting with leaders of the protesters doing a human barricade along the national highway here.Pedro Arnado, chair of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) Southern Mindanao, said he received an information from a very reliable source that the meeting will take place on Wednesday night or Thursday morning.The governor, he said Wednesday, was on her way to the city.

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Maguindanao farmers' coop get 28 cattles

COTABATO CITY- Livestock projects were formally turned over to eight cooperatives in the province of Maguindanao on Monday, March 14. The projects were funded by the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s Health, Education, Livelihood, Peace and Governance Synergy (ARMM-HELPS) Program.The turnover ceremony was led by ARMM’s Agriculture Secretary Alexander G. Alonto, Jr. and Oskie Mohammad on behalf Director Anwar Upahm of ARMM- HELPS Project Management Office.

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DAF-ARMM distributes mango chips dryer to farmers' coop

COTABATO CITY –- Mango chips producers in the autonomous region are expected to produce more and earn more profits after the government awarded them with PHP2 million worth of mango chips dryers Wednesday, officials said today.Alexander Alonto, regional secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), personally handed over the mango chips dryer during simple ceremonies here to four identified farmers’ cooperatives in Maguindanao, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.

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DA-12 FMR eases farmers' lives in N. Cotabato village

ANTIPAS, North Cotabato -From P100.00
per sack of rice or corn shipped through skylab ,
a local moniker for motorcycle, the transportation cost of farmers of Sitio
Matias, Barangay Camutan, North Cotabato was lowered to P60.00.

Municipal
Planning and Development Coordinator Noemi Reyes confirmed in an interview.

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