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DAR to ramp up drive to fight poverty

AGRARIAN Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella 3rd pledged to implement programs and projects to alleviate poverty, develop agribusiness, generate employment and promote peace and order in settlement areas to be funded under the Official Development Assistance (ODA).

Estrella created the Project Development Team, which is tasked to find out which among the identified 57 settlement areas in the country that need assistance to improve their living conditions.

Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella 3rd. Screengrab from House of Representatives