BAGUIO CITY – The continued updating of the Cordillera office of the Department of Agriculture (DA-CAR) electronic database of farmers, fisherfolk, and farm laborers in the region has recorded a 94 percent enrollment in the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture or RSBSA for this year.
The current RSBSA data coming from the Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation Division (PMED) of DA-CAR has a total target of 290,195, with 273,994 newly encoded registrants having a 94 percent accomplishment rating for the region as of February 7, 2024.
For the first quarter of 2024, DA-CAR PMED has recorded the Province of Benguet as having the highest number of recorded registrations with 71,552 newly encoded registrants, followed by Ifugao with 46,640 newly encoded registrants, while Mountain Province ranked third with 51,189 newly encoded registrants.
Kalinga Province ranked fourth with 37,713 newly encoded registrants, Abra ranked fifth with 44,398 newly encoded registrants, and Apayao ranked sixth with 22,502 newly encoded registrants.
The said number of registrants will be part of the national targeting mechanism for the identification of beneficiaries for different agriculture-related programs and services of the government.
As the agency’s primary stakeholders, the registrant’s individual information is essential for proper planning, implementation, and monitoring of agricultural projects and targeted interventions in the region.
The regional RSBSA electronic database of DA-CAR details the department’s broader plan to digitalize operations to reduce costs in the food value chain, widen market access to make agriculture a more profitable venture and provide consumers with a stable supply of reasonably-priced food.
The regional and national registry strengthens the integrity of the data on the agency’s target beneficiaries that the agriculture sector serves, aside from minimizing duplication, and improves the suitability of programs to beneficiaries. By JTLlanes
