THE Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has rolled out its flagship Agrarian Justice on Wheels (ARJOW) program in Zamboanga del Norte to provide direct access to speedy, affordable and accessible legal solutions.
Through ARJOW, the DAR adjudication board brings mobile legal services and on-site hearings directly to farming communities.
The innovation benefits farmer-beneficiaries by on- site resolution of land-related disputes thereby enabling the farmer-litigants to save on time and money attending court hearing by providing consultations on tenancy, land tenure and other agrarian reform concerns, and speeding up the re-issuance of collective certificates of land ownership award and other legal remedies that secure farmers’ land rights.
The initiative forms part of a nationwide simultaneous rollout of government services in celebration of the 68th birthday of President Marcos.
