Agrarian Reform Capacity Development Service

Address:

Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila 1104

(02)922-8975

It provides the agricultural community with guidelines pertaining to the

dissemination of necessary information and developing systems, programs and
projects that aim to make the community globally competitive.

Capacity Development (CapDev) Program for ARBs

CapDev aims to build and enhance competencies to a)ensure productive use,
effective, judicious, and environmentally-responsive management of the
land, as well as maintaining ownership of the awarded land; b) enable
individuals and organizations within agrarian reform areas to effectively
develop, manage, and expand assets and resources; c) enhance well-being,
reduce vulnerabilities and increase resiliency of individual ARBs, their
households, organizations, and communities; d) establish functional
community-based networks of development champions; and e) develop a
favorable and supportive enabling environment for social change in the
agrarian reform areas.
Training Course on Social Entrepreneurship
The training course was designed for ARB leaders to assume a more active
role in undertaking ARCCESS and other initiatives of developing sustainable
livelihoods and enterprises and for DAR implementors to enable them to
design and implement responsive PBD programs, projects and activities
PBD Lawyering (Enabling ARBs towards Sustainable Credit Access)
This involves skilling up of DAR field personnel in providing technical
assistance (e.g. legal advise, technical guidance etc.) that will enable the
ARBOs to: Access credit facilities and other financial services from
diversified sources, Capture private investments, Create opportunities for
growing and/or expanding their enterprises, Enhance financial health and
viability, and Strengthen their ability to manage or mitigate risks

Changes to the DAR Organization Structure

Bureau of Agrarian Reform Information and Education. .

BARIE is responsible for developing and conducting training and education programs to develop
skills and favorable attitudes among beneficiaries and personnel of DAR and other agencies. It is
also responsible in increasing the awareness, participation and acceptance of the general public
on agrarian reform through proper information dissemination and communication materials.
It is headed by a Director and assisted by an Assistant Director, shall be responsible for
developing and conducting continuing training and education programs for the acquisition of
knowledge, value formation, and development of skills and favorable attitudes among
benefeciaries and personnel of the Department and other agencies, and the increase of awareness,
participation and acceptance of agrarian reform by the public through the dissemination of
information and communication materials.