Surigao farmers to own govt lands soonhome/News/Regions/Surigao farmers to own govt lands soonTANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur: Thousands of government lands in Surigao del Sur may be included in the land reform program with President Rodrigo Duterte’s issuance of Executive Order (EO) 75. Thousands of our farmers here are actually cultivating lands for agricultural purposes yet these lands are still classified as timberlands,” Quijada said. With EO 75, Canda said farmers would have the opportunity to fully own government lands they were actually farming. Meanwhile, DAR Regional Director Leomides Villareal, in a phone interview, said huge areas of government lands would be covered in the entire Caraga Region under EO 75. He said vast tracts of government lands now devoted to agriculture were also found in the provinces of Agusan del Sur, Agusan del Norte, Surigao del Norte and Dinagat province.

Source: Manila Times February 26, 2019 16:43 UTC