Philippines: The Department of Agrarian Reform widens urban farming program to emerging cities
“We will make idle lands become productive because the true essence of social justice is to make good use of lands, as they say, ang lupa ay buhay,”
By Jonathan L. Mayuga
Business Mirror
March 4, 2021
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The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has implemented its urban farming program, Buhay sa Gulay, in Barangay Kawayan, Tacloban City in a bid to turn a 20-hectare idle land into a productive vegetable garden.
This is the first time that the project, which was first launched in Tondo, Manila last year, is implemented outside Metro Manila, according to DAR Secretary John R. Castriciones.
“This urban farming project aims to contribute in ensuring food security and encourage the people that they could still farm even in urban areas,” he said.
The program is in partnership with the DA and the local government of Tacloban, where a 1-hectare lot would be utilized for its initial phase.
“We will make idle lands become productive because the true essence of social justice is to make good use of lands, as they say, ang lupa ay buhay,” DAR Support Services Office Undersecretary Emily Padilla said for her part.
