DAR Secretary Bernie Cruz in a press conference on Nov. 8 (FILE) Photo courtesy of DAR Facebook page
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Bernie Cruz has proposed the inclusion of the Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committees (PARCCOM) in the parcelization of 1.36 million hectares of agricultural landholdings across the country.
Parcelization, according to DAR, involves 鈥渟ubdividing and determining the exact metes and bounds of the areas covered under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP),鈥� among others.
鈥淲e will deliberate to work out PARCCOM鈥檚 inclusion in the SPLIT [Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling] project鈥檚 budget to speed up the objective of giving the ARBs [agrarian reform beneficiaries鈥橾 land tenure security and strengthen their rights to their property,鈥� Cruz was quoted as saying in a press release posted on the agency鈥檚 website on Thursday.
The SPLIT seeks to expedite the parcelization of lands which have secured collective certificates of land ownership awards, and eventually issue individual land titles to eligible ARBs.
Cruz underscored the importance of PARCCOM鈥檚 role in the successful rollout of the parcelization scheme, which is seen to benefit around 1.1 million ARBs across 15 regions.
The PARCCOM, a partner of the Presidential Agrarian Reform Council, is in charge of coordinating and monitoring the programs of agencies implementing the CARP.
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