PRESIDENTIAL Agrarian Reform Council (PARC) Secretariat Director Macdonald M. Galit has called on the partner agencies of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to strategize on how to make policies to improve the implementation of the agrarian reform program to make the agrarian reform beneficiaries become progressive.

Galit made the call following the assessment made by the PARC Secretariat on the 2022 performance of the DA’s partner agencies in implementing the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) as well as its approved targets and fund utilization.

Galit explained that the PARC audit is an annual activity to ensure the transparency and accountability of the agrarian reform program.

The partner agencies were able to identify the internal and external drivers and barriers, which either helped or hindered the achievement of their targets.

Meanwhile, representatives from the partner agencies ensured that the development thrusts of the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the primary goals of DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III were integrated into the programs and services of the PARC.

The PARC is the highest policy and decision-making body of agrarian reform matters and disputes. It formulates policies, rules and regulations necessary to implement the components of CARP.

Its partner agencies include the secretaries of the Departments of Agriculture (DA), Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Budget and Management (DBM), Interior and Local Government (DILG), Trade and Industry (DTI), Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Trade and Industry (DTI), Finance (DOF), Labor and Employment (DOLE), National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) and Land Bank of the Philippines.

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Cory Martinez