Impact Analysis of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Beneficiaries in the Province of Marinduque: Basis for a Proposed Program Enhancement

Authors

  • Mark Dennis B. Cortez

Keywords:

DTI-CARP, FDA-license to operate (FDA-LTO), government financing institution, agrarian reform beneficiaries’organization (ARBO). Agrarianreform beneficiaries (arbs), national program office (NPO)

Abstract

This study aimed to know the impact of Department of Trade and Industry-Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (DTI-CARP) to its beneficiaries within the Agrarian Reform Communities (ARCs) declared by Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in the Province of Marinduque. The respondents of this study were the ARBs across the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organization (ARBOs) who were strategically identified using cluster sampling. The respondents include the Chairman, Operations Manager, and representatives from Officers, Administrative, Finance, and Production Staff. The study used the Descriptive-Survey of Research and the Mean for the statistical treatment in order to analyze the data. Findings revealed that interventions given by DTI-CARP thru trainings and seminars were effective and resulted to somehow improve their living condition as part of the organization. In addition, it was also revealed that Market Development and most of the Product Development Activities given by DTI-CARP were effective in terms of income generation and creating more competitive brand to their product. In terms of asking the impact being provided to them in helping beneficiaries in improving their living conditions and compliance of product market requirements, the respondents agreed that assistance being made resulted for more income.On the other hand, the respondents partly disagreed that the program has helped them to obtain FDA-LTO or DENR CNC/ECC as one of the mandated compliance set by the Philippine laws and regulations. Furthermore, the respondents were tasked to rank the problems and shortcomings of DTI-CARP that may affect its effective implementation. Majority of respondents ranked first the concern for lack of organization funds (operation capital). With this, the researcher recommended that the National Program Office (NPO)of DTI-CARP may seek for additional funding to provide the needs of assisted ARBOs that will eventually lead to improve the living condition of its members. This may result to better and more quality assistance being provided to the ARBOs and its members/beneficiaries.

Published

2018-11-18