Beneficiaries of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) in the region will showcase their products from November 18 to 21, 2021 at the activity center of the Walter Mart in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. The physical trade fair will be held as restrictions are now being eased to help business recover.

The DTI-3 noted that while the fair will be held physically, the practice of mandatory health protocols will be monitored for all sellers and buyers in the fair.

Fifty (50) micro and small enterprises from agrarian reform communities of the seven provinces in Central Luzon will sell different kinds of products during the fifth year run of the Regional CARP Trade Fair organized by the Department of Trade and Industry Regional Office III (DTI-3). The products of agrarian reform beneficiaries to be displayed and sold in the fair include coconut and sabutan based products from Aurora, cashew, coffee and bamboo products from Bataan, processed meat, fish and dairy products as well as bread products from Bulacan and soya, waterlily and bags and accessories from Nueva Ecija. Pampanga CARP trade fair participants will display delicacies, organic fertilizer, essential oils, wearable and homestyle products and vegetables while Tarlac entrepreneurs will sell native products like potato wine, ylang-ylang perfume, peanut butter and calamansi products. Zambales participants will display mango products, cashew, mushroom, banana chips and bamboo based handicrafts.

The CARP regional trade fair is made possible with the cooperation and partnership of the DTI, Department of Agrarian Reform, and Walter Mart.

The DTI supports the livelihood component of the agrarian reform program by providing livelihood skills training, provision of Shared Service Facilities, product development assistance, marketing support through exposure of CARP beneficiaries’ products in trade fairs and market matching.