Manila, April 22 -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is developing more farmer entrepreneurs through an enhanced farm business school (FBS) using mixed participatory adult learning methodologies to make learning more fun and exciting for selected beneficiaries.

For this year, at least 30 farmers from the Upon Multi-Purpose Cooperative in Pinili, Ilocos Norte were enrolled in the farm business course that formally began on Monday.

In an interview on Tuesday, chief agrarian reform officer Rommel Aquino told the Philippine News Agency that the course, which runs from April to August, is expected to enhance the participants' skills and unleash their potential for agri-business.

With a budget of PHP200,000, the five-month session cou...