Signing ceremony between the Department of Agrarian Reform in Zamboanga del Sur and ARC Connectivity and Economic Support Services (ARCCESS) have recently signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with State University and Colleges (SUC) partner JH Cerilles.
PAGADIAN CITY – The Department of Agrarian Reform in Zamboanga del Sur and ARC Connectivity and Economic Support Services (ARCCESS) have recently signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with State University and Colleges (SUC) partner JH Cerilles flagging off the implementation of the Organizational and Enterprise Needs Assessment (EO NADA) which catalyzes the interventions to the selected Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organization (ARBOs).
ARC refers to Agrarian Reform Communities.
The DAR conceptualized and designed the OE-NADA as basis for the succeeding interventions to be extended to the ARBOs. This shall be commissioned by the engaged professional service providers (PSPs) from state universities and colleges (SUCs), civil society organizations (CSOs), national government agencies, and private institutions to enhance the capacity of the ARBOs on agri-extension and agri-enterprise development.
Speaking at the MOA signing ceremony recently, Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer (PARPO) II Arturo Soria said that the accord defined the modalities of the OE-NADA as a systematic approach to identify the nature and scope of the social problems in the proposed ARBOs.
The output of the partnership is the Design Assessment which will ensure that the goals and assumptions are reasonable against the needs of the ARBOs so that appropriate services will be in place to counter the problem.
Engr. Josephine Sisican, Chief of Program Beneficiaries Development Division, said that Damit Multi-Purpose Cooperative and Salawagan Agrarian Reform Cooperative and NIMALUSAN IA of Bayog town are all candidates for the adoption of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) cum Palay Trading and Establishment of Organic Agricultural Supply. The MARBEMCO at Ramon Magsaysay will be assessed for the Robusta Coffee Production cum Mini Processing and Trading.
Dr. Edgardo Rosales, the SUC President, disclosed that the school is honored for being selected as conduit in the conduct of the organizational and enterprise Needs Assessment of the ARBOs and its immediate community. Based on the MOA, the SUC also chooses and utilizes the appropriate Needs Assessment Model in the conduct of data collection and analysis and choose and utilize an acceptable methodology in the Design Assessment.
Also stipulated in the MOA that the findings of the organizational and enterprise Needs Assessment and Design Assessment exercise, the SUC will provide a list of professional services and common service facility requirements with technical specifications and photos of the equipment.
According to Rosales, their implementation strategy is structured to meet the specifications of the MOA in evaluating the ARBOs organizational capacity, human resource; policy, systems and procedure; governance, financial/fiscal resource, and existing enterprise/s operation.
The SUC also will examine the ARBOs access to credit and market and enterprise capacities to implement the sub-project, Crop and crop production suitability; and the suitability of the identified intervention requirements; business development; technology and extension; common service facilities; and other development opportunities.
PARPO I Sherwin Tubog, disclosed that the SUC will submit the final report of the Organizational and Enterprise Needs Assessment and Design Assessment containing the following: Farm management and productivity of the community; ARBOs’ organizational capacities to manage their organizational affairs and business enterprises; Nature of professional services to be provided to ARBOs involved in sub-project implementation; Responsiveness of the proposed common service facility to the needs of ARBOs, their members and other farmers in the community; Viability of the sub-project design in terms of Quality and relevance of sub-project objectives and design; Potential for sustainability, expansion, replication, and scaling up; Community participation; Promotion of gender equality; and Promotion of environmental sustainability.
According to Julita Ragandang, DAR Regional Director, this endeavor aims to enhance the capacity of ARBOs in increasing farm yield and productivity, improve household incomes, business management and to incubate their agri-enterprise until such time that these ARBOs can effectively and sustainably manage their respective agri-enterprises.
Ragandang said she hopes to see the ARBOs cultivating sustainable livelihood through the organization of competitive agricultural enterprises after the implementation of the program for a maximum of three years. (Maria Socorro Reambonanza)
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