Personnel of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)- Negros Occident met with Consultant Nestor Garcia, who represented Mayor Marvin Malacon, OIC- Municipal Agriculturist Efren Garcia Jr., and DAR E. B. Magalona Senior Agrarian Reform Program Technologist/Agro-Enterprise Facilitator Rhyan Aloro at the Municipal Hall Monday [Sept. 19], to discuss the implementation of the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) of the government.

IN PHOTO, from left, DAR EBM SARPT/AEF Rhyan Aloro, OIC Municipal Agriculturist Efren Garcia Jr., Consultant Nestor Garcia, EPAHP Point Person Kit Montelibano, OIC-Section Chief of EDES Elfred Rich Deraja, and OIC- CARPO PBDV Aisha May Ardiente. Photo: DAR- EBM*

Representing DAR Negros Occidental were OIC- Chief Agrarian Reform Program Officer (Program Beneficiaries Development Division) Aisha May Ardiente, OIC-Section Chief of Enterprise Development Economic Support Elfred Rich Deraja, and EPAHP Point Person Kit Montelibano.

The EPAHP aims to intensify the government support to Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) as well as their organizations by the convergence of different government institutions to support the ARBs.

They discuss possible partnerships with the Municipal Government of E. B. Magalona in maintaining interventions and technical assistance to ARBs by involving ARB organizations as steady suppliers of vegetables and other commodities of the municipality’s feeding programs.*/EBM PIO