determine if indeed the ARCs cover a substantial number of farmers/CARP area. Second, it will assess if these farmers or areas covered were those that matter most. • ARC program coverage and reach. Coverage of the ARC program is 45% of over-all CARP accomplishment and 38% of the CARP scope. This basically confirms the selection criteria for the ARCs giving priority to barangays with high LAD accomplishment. The ARCs cover 8,147 barangays representing only 30% of total CARP barangays4. This shows that indeed the ARC program targeted barangays with high density of ARBs. Hence, while the ARC covers only 30% of total CARP barangays, they represent 45% of all lands distributed under CARP. The leasehold coverage is quite low, but this might not show the true picture. Note that the leasehold program of DAR covers farmers within the retention areas and farmers in CARPable areas but have not yet been distributed. Eventually, the latter type of leaseholder will receive an EP or a CLOA and become a LAD beneficiary. This “graduation” is not corrected in DAR’s leasehold accomplishment report. Hence, the leasehold area and leasehold ARB accomplishment of CARP will be an overestimate. ARBs (EP and CLOA holders) in ARCs total to 980,962, representing 43% of total ARBs reported. Leaseholders total to 183,503. These figures mirror the same trend as that of the LAD accomplishment in ARCs. Table 3-11 Coverage of the ARC Development Program Coverage
ARC Program
CARP
% of CARP
No. of Communities
1,874
Barangays covered
8,147
27,218
30
Municipalities
1,237
1,559
79
*
Total Farmers ARBs (LAD+LH)
1,164,465
EP/CLOA Holders
980,962
2,296,741
43
Leaseholders
183,503
1,181,028
16
LAD Scope
1,940,852
5,163,751
38
CARP Area (LAD+LH)
2,045,599
LAD Accomplishment
1,775,958
3,960,255
45
269,641
1,659,714
16
Total Agri Area (ha)
Leasehold *The global target is 2,000 ARCs
The operational target of DAR is to launch 2,000 ARCs. So far, it has already reached 1,874 communities. However, even if DAR achieves its global target of 2,000 ARCs, this will not 4
These are barangays with at least one CLOA or EP issued 86