Table 7. Summary of PBD accomplishments in agricultural support services, 1987-2017. Support services Accomplishments Agrarian Reform Communities (ARCs) Total number of ARCs launched: 2,216 No of ARBs in ARC areas: 1,526,633 Total number of ARC Barangays: 9,724 Total number of ARC Municipalities: 1,288 Credit Total credit for agri production and livelihood projects: PhP 12.454 Billion Total ARBOs receiving credit: 11,511 Total projects supported: 361,0425 Total ARBs benefited: 1,474,1136 Number of ARBOs that have become microfinance providers: 1,172 *Average credit availed per assisted ARB Organization: PhP 1.664 Million *Average credit availed per assisted AR Beneficiary: PhP 13,243 Irrigation systems Total area irrigated: 285,370 hectares Total number of irrigation systems: 1,576 Pre- and post-harvest facilities Total number of projects: 730 Total number of pre- and post-harvest facilities: 3,705 Multi-purpose pavements Total number of multi-purpose pavements: 412 Total area covered by multi-purpose pavements: 129,211 square meters Farm-to-market roads Total number of kilometers: 23,435 kilometers Total number of farm-to-market roads: 9,589 Bridges Total number of bridges: 498 Total linear kilometers: 18,866 Community-based social services Total number of potable water systems: 5,281 No. of HH: 83,941 Total number of power supply projects: 955 No. of HH: 31,901 Total number of classrooms: 1,747 No. of HH: 65,045 Total number of health center buildings: 6287 No. of HH: 75,147 Source: DAR-LRSD, 2018. Sustainable Lending (ASL) program for small farmers. But the APCP and ASL cannot be availed of directly by individual ARBs but only through agri-based organizations and cooperatives, while the Sikat-Saka can be availed of only by individual palay (rice) farmers in irrigated lands. Support services for women. On the equal access of women ARBs to support services, the government in 2016-2017 appropriated only PhP 4 million per year for support services to rural women. This is not compliant with provisions of As of December 2015 Total number of ARBs with either agri-credit or micro-finance assistance/services 7 Lower by 19 buildings on the reported accomplishment in 2015 (647) 5 6 Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) 49