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Month: February 2020

Mango fruit trees rehab projects launched

In an effort to rehabilitate the already non-productive mango fruit trees aging 20-28 years in the province of Bohol, the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) through the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) has lauched the Mango Fruit Trees Rehabilitation Projects last Wednesday in Macaas Nursery, Macaas, Tubigon, Bohol.
Reinerio Makinano for and in behalf of Governor Art C. Yap together with Mario Silagan, Municipal High Value Commercial Crop coordinator; Jannes D. Cantones, Officer-in-Charge, Municipal Agriculture Office-Loon; Gertrudes S. Fuentes, Head, Crops Division – OPA; and Rufa S. Ugay, Head, High Value Commercial Crop Development Program(HVCCDP) Section – OPA led the turned over of chemicals, flower inducer and organic fertilizers to mango growers through Eduardo Anga, president, Mango Growers and Service Provider Association (MGSPA).
Makinano said that Bohol needs more mango fruit production to answer the demand of the growing population of the Boholanos and the influx of tourists who have come in the province being a tourist destination.
He said the PGBh under the Yap and Relampagos administration has been looking forward to expand or sustain the mango industry in the province, thus these projects have been established by undergoing rehabilitation of the mango trees aging 20-25 through pruning, applying organic fertilizer and flower inducer.
MGSPA pres. Anga thanked the PGBh for giving them the inputs to include the technology on how to grow mango trees.
Ugay gave the statement of purpose and technical briefing and demo on pruning and fertilization to the mango growers.
She said that those non-bearing fruits mango trees can be rehabilitated in order to bear fruits through pruning and applying fertilizers and flower inducer.
Mayor William Richard Jao of Tubigon also thanked the provincial government that in his town the Mango Fruit Trees Rehabilitation Projects had launched.
Mayor Jao said that in Tubigon there are so many non-productive mango fruit trees that need to be rabilitated.
In the ceremonial turn-over Fuentes delivered her welcome message while Silagan formally closed the program. By Atoy Cosap

CAPTION: LAUNCHING AND CEREMONIAL TURN-OVER. Reinerio Makinano for and in behalf of Gov. Art C. Yap leads the turn-over of organic fertilizers, chemicals and flower inducers to the mango growers last Wednesday at the Macaas Nursery, Macaas, Tubigon, Bohol during the launching of the Mango Fruit Trees Rehabilitation Projects of the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh). Photo by Queenie Atup-OPA

PGBh to boost Ubi industry in Bohol

The Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) has been determined to boost the Ubi industry in the province.
Dr. Larry M. Pamugas, Officer-In-Charge, Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) during the special meeting of Bohol Ubi Growers Association (BUGA) in his office at the capitol last Wednesday said that a total of 25,294 kilos of Ubi planting materials worth P2.5M has been procured by the PGBh from the 2019 budget for Ubi dispersal.
Dr. Pamugas bared that the Las Suerta’s Fruit Trees Nursery, the supplier that based in Don Carlos, Bukidnon had delivered last Wednesday the 12,167 kilos of Ubi tubers and the remaining 13,127 kilos will be delivered momentarily.
Pamugas said that Gov. Art C. Yap is determined to boost the Ubi industry in Bohol.
He said the Ubi planting materials would be given to the members of BUGA and during harvesting time they have to return back to the provincial government the Ubi tubers produced equivalent to the number of kilos of the planting materials they acquired.
The OIC-OPA added that a subsidy of organic fertilizer will be given to the Ubi grower who could plant 1,000 kilos or above of Ubi.
Pamugas urged the Boholano farmers to engage in Ubi farming because it entails low production cost compared to the production cost of planting rice.
According to Rufa Ugay, High Value Commercial Crop Development Program (HVCCP) Coordinator, Crops and Production Division, OPA said that in one hectare of land area there are about 3,200 kilos of Ubi tubers could be planted at 10 setts per kilo of planting material.
Gertrudes Fuentes, chief- Crops and Productivity Division –OPA, bared that the tons of Ubi planting materials have been stocked at the vacated old ancestral house of Esmeraldo “Ondoy” Maligsa, the president of BUGA and at his garage in Pandol, Corella.
Fuentes and Maligsa urged the Ubi growers to get the planting materials enough for their planted areas to decongest the stocked areas so as to accommodate for another delivery.
They encouraged them to plant Ubi of at least ¼ of a hectare while they also stressed that most of the planting materials will be planted at the identified Ubi Demo Farm in Pandol, Corella.
Dr. Pamugas said that with this program Gov. Yap is expecting that on the next Ubi Festival come January more Ubi tubers will be produced and displayed for selling.
At present, the Boholano farmers could not answer the demands of big volumes of Ubi tubers from traders because the production is low.
It may be recalled that on July 1, 2019, on his second day of service as governor, Yap invited Philip Young, a trader based in Manila to attend for an investment forum together with the BUGA officers, Municipal Agriculturists/Municipal Agricultural Officers, HVCC Technicians and division chiefs of OPA held at the Panda Tea and Garden, Dao, Tagbilaran City.
In the forum, Young could not get the assurance from the Ubi growers when he asked them if they can supply his demands of tons of kilos of Ubi at P30 per kilo.
BUGA president Maligsa said that aside from being lack of Ubi production the price is very low.
He said the production cost of Ubi is P26 per hill that would usually produce at least one kilo. So if the buying price ofYoung is P30 only P4 per kilo would go to the farmers which is unfair on their part even though that the orders are in volume.
Last 20th Ubi Festival on January 28-31, 2020 held at the Bohol Agricultural Promotion Center (BPAC) Ground, Dao, Tagbilaran City, the Ubi Kinampay was sold at P80, Baligonhon (P70), and P60/kilo for all the white varieties of Ubi.
However, Maligsa explained that the prices can be lowered if the orders or demands are in big volume but not less than P40/kilo. (Atoy Cosap)

UBI PLANTING MATERIALS. The tons of kilos of Ubi planting materials loaded on a 10-wheeler truck (left photo) from Las Suerta’s Fruit Trees Nursery in Don Carlos, Bukidnon, the supplier, last Wednesday are ready to unload for stocking at the garage owned by Esmeraldo Maligsa, Ubi growers president, in Pandol, Corella while Dr. Larry Pamugas (right photo) explains to the Ubi growers on how to acquire the planting materials and expand the planting areas of Ubi in Bohol. Foto: GERTRUDES FUENTES-OPA

PGBh to fast track SUHID nominees’ evaluation

The Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) is fast tracking to conduct an evaluation to all nominees of the Suhid sa Malampusong Mag-uumang Bol-anon to come up with the winners which would be the officials nominees for Bohol to the different categories of the Gawad Saka Search at the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office (DA-RFO) 7 in Cebu City.
Helen Igot, section head-Institutional Division Section (IDS) – Agribusiness Division, Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) bared that the DA-RFO7 has been waiting the nominees from Bohol for them to start immediately the evaluation for all the nominees from Siquijor, Negros Oriental, Cebu and Bohol.
Dr. Larry M. Pamugas, Officer-In-Charge, OPA after the 20thUbi Festival which was celebrated last January 28-31, 2020 requested all concerned SUHID evaluators to focus their activities in the evaluations so as the province could submit its nominees to the regional search within this month or early next month.
Since February 3, 2020, the SUHID evaluators from National Irrigation Administration (NIA), Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Bureau of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Provincial Field Office, Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), Provincial Agricultural Technology Coordinating Office – Department of Agriculture (PATCO-DA), Office of the Provincial Veterinarian (OPV), and OPA have been doing the evaluations to the 108 nominees for the 27 categories of the provincial search.
The SUHID categories are the following: Rice Farmer (adopting integrated farming), Outstanding Fisherman, Large Animal Raiser, Small Animal Raiser, Fisherfolks (fresh water fish pond), Rice Technician, Outstanding Farmer (fish culture), Coconut Farmer, Rural Improvement Club, Outstanding Agri-Enterprise for Crops, Outstanding Agri-Enterprise for Fishery, Municipal Agriculture and Fishery Council, Corn Farmer (adopting integrated farming).
Fisherfolk Association, Corn Technician, Farm Family, HVCDP Technician, Livestock Technician, Municipal Agriculturist/ Agricultural Officer, Fishery Technician, HVCC Farmer (vegetable), Hybrid Rice Farmer, Farmer’s Association, Young Farmer, Rural Woman, Banana Farmer, & Outstanding 4-H Club.
The winners of these categories would automatically be the official nominees for Bohol in the GawadSaka Search this year.
Last year Gawad Saka Search, the nominees from Bohol bagged 18 of the close to 30 categories of the search.
The Suhid sa Malampusong Mag-uumang Bol-anon is an annual search in the province of Bohol recognizing and awarding the Boholano farmers who have excelled in their field of agriculture. (Atoy Cosap)

Caption:
SUHID EVALUATION. Rosanna G. Lamdagan, Chief, Agribusiness Division, OPA (3rd from left photo) leads the evaluation of the SUHID nominees for Outstanding Agri-Enterprise for Crops category; the Badiang Self-Help Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BASHMUCO) in Badiang, Anda and Canjulao League of Women (CLOW) in Canjulao, Jagna last Wednesday.

Enhancement this year’s Sandugo celebration envisions

Envisioning to enhance this year’s Sandugo celebration to make it more colorful than the previous years, it is most appropriate that the preparations for this month-long annual cultural celebration in July which the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) will host must start this early.
This was the statement issued by Provincial Administrator Atty. Katherine Fe D. Pioquinto as she presided over the first coordination meeting for the 2020 Sandugo Festival last Tuesday at Café Caloy Conference Room (CPG Heritage House), Tagbilaran City.
According to Atty. Pioquinto there’s a need to introduce or discover new ideas and more efficient coordination of the different activities to ensure a successful hosting of this year’s grand event.
Pioquinto and Rev. Fr. Valentino U. Pinlac, chairperson, Bohol Arts and Cultural Heritage (BACH) Council, said the grandeur the better for July activities.
They said that Gov. Arthur C. Yap has wanted that the Sandugo Festival would highlight the first treaty of friendship that happened in Bohol.
As a result, it was agreed during the meeting that a three-day Festival Management Workshop is conducted on February 27, 28, 29, 2020 as suggested by Lutgardo L. Labad, Section Head (Arts), BACH Council.
Labad said the province through BACH of which Gov. Yap is the Honorary Chairperson would invite somebody from National Center for Culture and Arts (NCAA), Department of Tourism (DOT) and organizers of the Sinulog in Cebu City, Dinagyang in Iloilo and Masskara in Bacolod City so as to come up with a design in this year’s celebration.
Also in the meeting that different activities have lined-up to savor the month-long celebration of Sandugo showcasing the rich culture in Bohol namely; Street Dancing, Miss Bohol, Trade Fair, 7 Arts Festival, Agri-Fair and Food Fusion.
The 7 arts has focused on music, architecture, sculpture, painting, literature, film and performing arts; exposure and training programs through local shows, competition and train the trainers program; partnerships for the 7 arts; developing the arts and crafts industry; publication; strengthening escuela taller partnership; integrating 7 arts in school and out of school activities.
Former Provincial Administrator Ae Damalerio at the first part of the meeting reported the usual activities in the celebrations of the Sandugo Festivals such as; Sandugo Street Dancing, Miss Bohol Sandugo, Trade Fair, Agri Fair, Food Fusion, Bohol Pob Music Festival, Bohol Kayaking and Dragon Boat.
Damalerio suggested that it is important to establish a focal person in every activity.
Atty Lucas Nunag, Provincial Tourism Council, said that there’s a need to have a proper media exposure of the event. (Atoy Cosap)

EARLY BIRD CATCHES WORM. It seems that this saying has been adopted by the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) as this early that barely five months to go before Sandugo Festival as Provincial Atty. Kathyrin Fe D. Pioquinto (extreme right) presides the first coordination meeting for the 2020 Sandugo Festival on July envisioning to enhance this year’s celebration.

20th Ubi Festival a success

The four-day 20th Ubi Festival in the province of Bohol had conducted successfully with the Department of Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar as a keynote speaker and the enthusiasm showed by the 27 exhibitors and the happy faces of the winners of the different contests.
Dr. Larry M. Pamugas, Officer-In-Charge, Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) said the Ubi Festival held at the Bohol Agricultural Promotion Center, Dao, Tagbilaran City last January 28-31, 2020 as the venue wherein the DA Sec. Dar turned over and committed to allocate P380 million worth of agriculture and fishery programs and projects to the province of Bohol.
Sec. Dar also led the awarding of P60 million worth of various agri-machineries, inputs and projects, under the Special Area for Agriculture Development (SAAD) program; P106 million composed of imbued seeds distribution, agri-machineries for 100 farmers (P80M), and training and extension (P10M), to acting Governor Rene L. Relampagos.
The festival was savored by the different contests with big prizes at stake.
CONTESTS AND WINNERS
For bugno sa rondalya; 1st prize – San Isidro, Bohol (P10,000), 2nd – Carmen, Bohol (P7,000), 3rd – Sikatuna (P5,000); highest volume of Ubi tubers displayed – 1st Carmen (P10,000), 2nd – Ubay (P7,000), 3rd Dauis (P5,000); best Ubi booth / Ubi exhibit – 1st Carmen (P10,000), 2nd – Dauis (P8,000), 3rd – Corella, Bohol (P6,000), 4th – Dimiao (P4,000), 5th – Talibon (P3,000); pinaka (the best quality ubi harvest): Kinampay – 1st – Sevilla (P5,000), Baligonhon – 1st Sikatuna (P4,000), Tam-isan – 1st – Dimiao (P3,000).
Ubi balitaw contest (farmer category) – 1st Panglao (P3,000), 2nd Sikatuna (P2,000), 3rd Prize Carmen (P1,000); Ubi balitaw (youth) – 1st Baclayon (P3,000), 2nd Sikatuna (P2,000), 3rd Corella (P1,000); doble kara – 1st Dauis (P3,000), 2nd Panglao (P2,000), 3rd Carmen (P1,000); Ubi challenge eating – 1st Baclayon (P2,500), 2nd Cortes (P2,000), 3rd Tagbilaran City(P1,500); Motorcade – 1st Carmen (P5,000), 2nd Corella (P3,000), 3rd Panglao (P2,000) best new Ubi processed product – 1st Carmen (P3,000), 2nd Baclayon (P2,000), 3rd Balilihan (P1,000), highest sales of Ubi – 1st Ubay, 2nd Dauis and 3rd Carmen; most cooperative LGU- Carmen; and best Ubi growers- Romulo Campoamor and Esmeraldo Maligsa.
Dr. Pamugas thanked all the exhibitors for the success of the celebration and encouraged them to continue engaging Ubi farming as the provincial government has strongly supported them.
The Officer-In-Charge of OPA said the sum of P2M has been allocated by the PGBh to buy planting materials for Ubi dispersal to boost the Ubi industry in Bohol.
There were 27 exhibitors participated in the last 20th Ubi Festival namely: Alicia, Sikatuna, Dauis, Albur, Baclayon, Antequera, Panglao, Balilihan, Talibon, Cortes, Tagbilaran City, Carmen, Dimiao, Ubay, Sevilla, Loon, Corella, Valencia, San Isidro, Bohol Ubi Growers Association (BUGA), KURE, Kapunungan sa mga Bol-anong Organikong Mag-uuma (KBoOM), AIM for Progress, Bohol Dairy Cooperative (BODACO), P&t, CFA-Ubay and Aldtrz Corporation.
The Ubi Festival has been institutionalized in the province of Bohol through an ordinance that had passed on the year 2000 during the administration of then Gov. Rene L. Relampagos and Vice Gov. Edgar M. Chatto. (Atoy Cosap)

20TH UBI FESTIVAL. Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William D. Dar (left photo) graces the opening of the four-day event of 20th Ubi Festival last January 28-31, 2020 at the Bohol Agricultural Promotion Center (B-APC), Dao, Tagbilaran City as he leads the turned over and committed to allocate P380 million pesos worth of agriculture and fishery programs and projects in Bohol. While the booth of Carmen exhibitor (right photo) emerges as first prize winner for Best Ubi Booth/ Ubi Exhibit contest category.