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Marcos distributes land titles, turns over farm-to-market roads in Palawan

Marcos distributes land titles, turns over farm-to-market roads in Palawan

Pia Gutierrez,

ABS-CBN News

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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. leads the distribution of Certificates of Condonation and Release of Mortgage (CoCROM) to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Nueva Ecija, on September 13, 2024. Yummie Dingding, PPA pool/File  


MANILA – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to the agrarian reform program as he led the distribution of land titles to farmers in Palawan on Thursday. 

A total of 1,270 agrarian reform beneficiaries received land titles from the government covering 2,921.96 hectares during a program at the Old Coron Gymnasium in Coron. 

The beneficiaries included graduates of agriculture courses, as part of government efforts to encourage more Filipinos to take up farming. 

“Dahil ay marami po sa kabataan ay hindi nauunawaan at hindi naiisip ang agrikultura kaya’t kung saan-saan ibang trabaho ang pumapasok. Ngunit kailangan natin ng mga magsasaka," Marcos said in his speech.  


Kaya’t kasama po sa charter ng Agrarian Reform Program na ang lahat ng mga kabataan na dumaan at naging estudyante sa kurso ng agrikultura ay…nabibigyan din ng lupa upang ‘yung kanilang natutunan ay mayroon silang paglalagyan, mayroon silang magagamit na lupa para magamit naman nila ang kanilang bagong natutunan tungkol sa agrikultura,” he continued. 


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During the same program, the government turned over key farm-to-market Roads (FMR) which it hoped would “ease agricultural activities and the transport of goods within the benefitting rural communities.” 

The projects include the P14.4-million San Nicolas to So. Caniogan FMR, the 0.481-kilometer Nalbot to Arado FMR with a project cost of P14.9 million, and the P14.8-million Busuanga to Caruray FMR which spans 0.580 kilometers.

“Ngayon, sa pamamagitan ng mga bagong farm-to-market roads…mas lalakas ang inyong kakayahang magdala ng mga produkto sa pamilihan nang hindi kinakailangan mag-alala tungkol sa posibleng pagkasira ng inyong ani,” Marcos said.

“Sa ganitong paraan, mas mabilis at madali nang maihahatid ang produkto sa mga mamimili at mas mataas ang pagkakataon na makamit ang maayos na kita.”


 



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