DA’s Asec Delima to Farmers: “Maging Paki-alamiro”

DA Assistant Secretary Dante S. Delima (insert on upper left) 

addresses during the national convention of P4MP urging 

the participants to be vigilant for good governance.

Maki-alam ! (Be involved).

This urged Assistant Secretrary Dante Delima to the participants of the Pambansang Mannalon, Mag-uuma, Magbabaul, Magsasaka ng Pilipinas (P4MP) National Convention held just recently here in city of Butuan.

Delima who was the guest of honor said that farmer leaders should continuously take part of the programs of the government.

“Kailangan ninyong patuloy na makialam sa mga programa at proyekto ng ating department. Kailangan ninyong gawin ‘yan.” (You should continuously take part on the programs and projects of our department. It is a must to do”  Delima said.

He said that the department needs people who are vigilant to wake those employees who are not performing their duties well.

“Dahil kung hindi kayo maki-alam walang gigising sa mga nakatulog na mga tauhan sa Department of Agriculture. Kailaingan namin kayo, kalingan namin ang inyong paki-alam” (If you will not take part nobody would wake DA’s staff who are sleeping. We need you, we badly need your vigilance”, he said.

Delima urged to more or less 200 farmer leaders who attended the nationwide convention to practice the so called claim-making process.  He elaborated that people should claim on what is due to them.

“Ang budget para sa pamahalaan lalo na sa Department of Agriculture para sa mga magsakaka, ay kung para sa mga magsasaka, ‘yan kailangan natin itong i-claim” (The government budget particularly of DA is for the farmers, so if it is due for the farmers, we must have to claim it), said Delima.

Moreover Delima said that if the government has hard times in answering all needs of the people,”tulungan na lang natin ang pamahalaan, sana magkaisa tayo  d’yan” (let’s help our government, let’s have unity).

Delima also said that people should not wait for the government to do something for them for their future but people should also take their move.

“We should be practical; we need to help the government” he said.

He said that farmer associations just like P4MP have a big role in helping the government to serve the public candidly.

He stressed that having conventions or forums or various available technologies is not enough to answer the need of the people. 

“Ang kailangan ay pagbabago at reporma. Ang kailangan ay bagong enerhiya at disiplina” (What we need is change and reform. What we need is new vigor and discipline), he said.

Delima who is the AgriPinoy National Rice Program Coordinator said that the ultimate goal nowadays is not only to attain rice sufficiency and other food staples but the livelihood security of the agricultural sector.

P4MP or Pambansang Mannalon, Mag-uuma, Magbabaul at Magsasaka ng Pilipinas is a national federation aimed to institutionalize and strengthen the village level organization of farmers and fisherfolks. (Aurell P. Arais/RAFID DA CARAGA)

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