IPIL, ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY, October 11 -The Department of
Agrarian Reform (DAR) Zamboanga Sibugay headed by Provincial Agrarian Reform
Officer II Rizzel B. Villanueva undertakes
Agrarian Reform Communities’ Level of Development Assessment (ALDA)
starting this month until all the ARCs and Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries
Organizations (ARBOs) will be covered.
“This activity is annually conducted so as to determine the
growth of the ARCs, identify development gaps in the ARC level and to ascertain
the extent by which intervention procedures are to be implemented to address
existing and possible gaps,” explained PARO Villanueva.
Further, the assessment is undertaken taking into consideration
the six (6) key result areas (KRAs) of DAR as major areas of intervention in
increasing productivity, improving the ARB household income and empowering ARB
organizations. These KRAs are land tenure improvement, organizational maturity,
economic and physical infrastructure support services, farm productivity and
income, basic social services, gender and development.
ALDA also aims to verify the effectiveness and impact of the
department’s projects and programs implemented in the community as a whole.
With the aid of the present administration under Provincial Governor Rommel A.
Jalosjos and Congressman Romeo “John” Jalosjos, Jr., the implementation of the
mandates and responsibilities of DAR-Sibugay are strengthened by their able-leadership
in achieving social development and economic progress.
Through this endeavor, priorities, resources, and performance
will be assessed to “ensure efficiency and sound development management”.
ALDA is an evolving development policy instrument utilized
since 1995 in the Department of Agrarian Reform. (BCJ/DAR/PIA9/alt)