Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, vice-chair of the Senate Finance Committee and member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, expressed his help for the Division of Agrarian Reform’s (DAR) funds for fiscal yr 2024 notably its packages that may assist marginalized farmers.
The help was formally famous on document by Senator Cynthia Villar in a Senate Finance Subcommittee listening to held on Thursday, October 19.
Reiterating his advocacy, Go emphasised the federal government’s accountability in direction of prioritizing the welfare of the underprivileged particularly in rural areas.
“Unahin natin ang mga mahihirap. Ibigay natin sa mga mahihirap ang lupa na dapat sa kanila at suportahan natin sila upang maging produktibo sila sa kanilang kabuhayan,” Go stated.
The senator mirrored on the agrarian reform accomplishments throughout former President Rodrigo Duterte’s tenure, the place a considerable variety of hectares of land had been distributed to Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) beneath the Complete Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) by the Certificates of Land Possession Awards (CLOAs) distribution.
“Our authorities ought to deal with supporting our small-scale farmers as a result of they’re those who make our meals provide potential. It’s not solely about us not needing to import from different international locations. It’s about recognizing and supporting our native farmers and agrarian reform beneficiaries to earn a residing and contribute in direction of meals safety,” stated Go.
Go has been supportive of legislative efforts aimed toward bolstering the agricultural sector. Considered one of his vital contributions is the co-authorship of Republic Act No. 11901, which expanded the agriculture, fisheries, and rural improvement financing system.
This legislation, in accordance with Go, will present rural communities, particularly farmers, fisherfolk, and agri-based staff, with higher entry to credit score, thereby enhancing their welfare, competitiveness, and productiveness.
Along with this, Go highlighted the significance of RA 11953, or the New Agrarian Emancipation Act, signed by President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. He took nice pleasure in co-sponsoring and co-authoring the measure, marking a major step in direction of empowering agrarian reform beneficiaries and fostering their financial independence, thereby steering in direction of enhanced meals safety.
“This new legislation will assist guarantee the soundness of our meals provide by empowering our native farmers,” stated Go.
“We aren’t saying that our meals provide shall be safe just because their loans have been written off. They want additional help from the federal government, extra agricultural enter to make them extra aggressive,” he added.
In his quest to supply wanted help to the agricultural sector, Go has additionally filed SBN 2117 and SBN 2118. These payments intention to supply full crop insurance coverage protection for agrarian reform beneficiaries and enhance insurance coverage protection and companies to farmers, respectively, serving to to mitigate the impression of pure disasters on the agricultural sector, if enacted into legislation.
Furthermore, in mild of the just lately ratified Regional Complete Financial Partnership (RCEP) settlement, Go underscored the significance of enhancing competitiveness and defending native farmers and industries. He believes that the open competitors ensuing from RCEP ought to result in a lower within the costs of products, benefiting peculiar Filipinos, notably these within the agricultural sector.
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“Napaka-importante na walang magutom. Sikapin nating bigyan ng karampatang suporta at proteksyon ang ating mga maliliit na magsasaka na kumakayod araw-araw para masigurong could pagkain sa hapag-kainan ng bawat pamilyang Pilipino,” stated Go.
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