MANILA, Philippines — The failure of many farmers’ organizations and cooperatives to sustain a viable operation from the lack of skills and training has repelled several Filipino producers to either join or form such groups.
As a result, most farmers fail to go beyond production and lose the opportunity to earn more.
The latest study of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) titled “The Role of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) in Agriculture Value Chain” revealed that of the registered ARB organizations (ARBOs) being monitored by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), many groups eventually become inactive from the lack of managerial and organizational skill…
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