CATBALOGAN, Samar: Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Virgilio R. De los Reyes recently distributed a total of 276.9-hectare agricultural lands to 151 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Samar and Leyte, transforming them into new landowners with greater responsibilities on the land awarded to them.

Region 8 Director Sheila Enciso emphasized the important role of these ARBs and other small farming families in reducing poverty in the country and in ensuring global food security as the world celebrates the “International Year of Family Farming”.

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