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Month: November 2020

ART 160 Buy-Back drive boosts farm production, link to market

In a bid to lessen the problem of the hybrid rice farmers in Bohol to market and boost production, the Provincial
Government of Bohol (PGBh) launched the Advanced Rice Technology 160 (ART 160) Buy-Back program.
The program has allotted P48 million intended to purchase the 10% of the 3,000 hectares (has.) planted hybrid
rice at P20 per kilo for the wet season of 2020 (May-October 2020).
Assistant Provincial Agriculturist Larry M. Pamugas, Gertrudes Fuentes, Chief-Crops and Productivity Division-
Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA), and Provincial Rice Coordinator Lorebien Lagapa said that the project
impact of the program of Gov. Art C. Yap’s administration would redound to sustainable food security in the entire
province of Bohol carrying the following objectives: to directly buy local palay at prevailing market price in the
locality plus P1 per kilo; to eliminate or prevent the adverse effect on the implementation of the Rice Liberalization
Law among the rice farmers in Bohol;
To ensure in attaining food security by empowering palay farmers to have substantial income; to alleviate
poverty in the palay farming communities in the province; to ensure supply of rice for supplemental feeding
programs in the province of Bohol; to ensure buffer stock of rice for calamities and disasters; and to encourage
buying local produce by instituting the culture of patronizing local products to start within the PGBh employees.
                                            FARMER-RECIPIENTS
Some 11 Local Government Units (LGUs) with a total of 22 Irrigators’ Associations (IAs) identified with around
15,000 farmer-members are engaged in palay production, namely: Pilar (CARLIM, United PROHANCE IAs),
Batuan (Cansaway), Ubay (GABIBU, SANBABUE, SANLIP RALES), Alicia (Bohol BAGAICO, Kawasan –
Cayacay), Talibon (JOSSIDCO, ISIDJO, CEPLA), Dagohoy (Dagohoy Communal Irrigation System (CIS), San D
Mil), San Miguel (Lateral F, MAMAMIA, SAN BABUE), Bilar (ROXVIL, KUMILAW CIS), Carmen (Guadalupe
CIS, Villarcayo CIS), Candijay (Tugas CIS) and Loboc (Himilian CIS), they said.
They explained that the farmer-members of these IAs will have to sell their palay produce of at least 10% of their
expected gross yield to PGBh then the PGBh is responsible for the stocking, milling and packaging the palay at the
Rice Processing Complex (RPC) located in Poblacion, Pilar.
The support price is P19 per kilo clean and dry which is 14% Moisture Center (MC) palay plus P1 per kilo to
entice farmers to sell their palay produce to PGBh.
The buying price is based on the standard pricing that follows an equivalent net weight in the computation of the
palay price as cited in the following parameters: 14% MC of dried palay, purity of at least 98%, no discoloration or
damage in the palay grain.
There is a corresponding decrease in the price of palay if the moisture content will not meet the requirement,
percentage of purity, and higher percentage of discoloration and damage.
The PGBh through the OPA’s direct role for the program is to buy the palay of the farmer-recipients and pays the
equivalent amount, milling and packaging/ bagging to RPC; while the Provincial Economic Enterprise Management
Office (PEEMO) is the responsible office in the marketing aspect of the milled rice to the identified clients together
with OPA enterprise development section. The proceeds of the sales will be remitted to the Provincial Treasurer’s
Office (PTO).
If there are no changes the product name “Sun Rice” which is 100% Boholano rice will be formally launched this
month of which the premium rice has been sold at P2,100 per sack (50 kilos) or at P45 per kilo and the broken rice
to be sold at 1,200 or at P24 per kilo.
They said the ART 160 Program for the rice industry in Bohol is first of its kind. This is what our farmers need
to be secured of market for their produce every cropping season and with guaranteed price higher than the prevailing
price of the market.
They added that it is noted that the production cost per hectare of rice farming in Bohol is estimated to reach
P50,000 for hybrid rice to include the seeds, fertilizers, pesticide and insecticide, herbicide, labor and other related
expenses in rice farming. The estimated net profit of a farmer is P110,000 per hectare per cropping season or
P27,000 as income per month.
They viewed that the buy-back component of the ART 160 program it surely improves the income and lives of
our Boholano farmers in particular. It also contributes to the decrease of poverty incidence in our Province.
The program would also encourage the Municipal Local Government Units (MLGUs) to allocate funds to buy all
production yields of hybrid palay from their respective localities as a way of helping the farmers who have been
affected by the Rice Tarrification Law (RTL) that allows rice importation. (Atoy Cosap)

ADVANCED RICE TECHNOLOGY (ART) 160 Project under the administration of Gov. Art C. Yap
through its ART 160 Buy-Back Program helps the Boholano farmers to market and boost production. The
program intends to buy the 10% of the 3,000 hectares (has.) planted hybrid rice at P20 per kilo dried palay
with 14% moisture content this wet cropping season much higher compared to P16-P18palay prices from
local traders. FOTO Lorebien Lagapa, OPA Staff

PGBh prepares Ubi Fest ’21 amid pandemic

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) through the Office of
the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) is preparing for Ubi Festival in the early part of next year following
the minimum health standard protocols set by Bohol Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF).
The Ubi Festival is the annual activity of the provincial government aimed at giving awards and
recognition of the Boholano Ubi growers who have continued to engage in planting Ubi especially the
Ubi Kinampay.
Rosanna G. Lamdagan, Chief-Agribusiness Division, OPA said that usually that the festival be
conducted on the 3 rd week of January, however, this time of pandemic activities would be limited.
She said that during the Management Committee (ManCom) meeting of OPA last Monday presided
by Assistant Provincial Agriculturist Larry M. Pamugas it was agreed that the festival would be
celebrated for the duration of five days at the CPG Park fronting the Bohol Wisdom School, CPG North
Avenue, the ART Tabo sa Bohol venue with only three contests namely: Highest Volume Ubi Display,
Pinaka and Most Outstanding Ubi grower who is a member of Bohol Ubi Growers’ Association (BUGA)
unlike the past Ubi festival celebrations.
Last January 28-31, 2020, the festival was savored by the different contests with big prizes at stake to
wit: Best Booth, Ubi Eating, Literary & Musical Contests (BugnosaRondalya, UbiBalitaw, Doble Kara),
Pinaka, Best New Ubi Processed Product, and Highest Volume of Ubi Display contests.
The BUGA has now preparing their Ubi production to be sold at the festival.
EsmeraldoMaligsa, BUGA president said that few of the more than 150 members of BUGA scattered
in the 26 known Ubi towns in Bohol have started to harvest their planted Ubi.
Maligsa said that during their meeting last Wednesday held at the BUGA Ubi Demo Farm in Pandol,
Corella they agreed to reserve much of their harvests for the festival.
He said that the province could expect the big volume of Ubi tubers to be produced this harvest
season considering the big areas being planted with Ubi.
The association with the strong support given by the PGBh through the OPA has established a demo
farm in Pandol, Corella in an area of 1.2 hectares (has.) wherein this cropping season about .8 ha. of these
has been planted with the different varieties especially Kinampay.
Rufa Ugay, High Value Crop Development Coordinator, OPA said that in the Ubi Demo Farm during
the planting season on April and May about 12,100 kilos of Ubi planting materials had been given by the
provincial government to BUGA of which the BUGA president would be very grateful to the PGBh as he
also thanked the Provincial Agricultural Technology Coordinating Office (PATCO) who also gave 300
kilos of Ubi planting materials.
The OPA has to outline any measures to ensure that the minimum health standard should be strictly
followed or implemented in this time of COVID-19 pandemic in the celebration of Ubi Festival’21.
(AtoyCosap)

BUGA PARTICIPATION. The Bohol Ubi Growers Association (BUGA) members lead by its President
EsmeraldoMaligsa has been very busy in constructing a rest house at the side of the BUGA Ubi Demo Farm
in Pandol, Corella to shelter for them to shelter in time when they harvest their planted Ubi next month.
Foto: GENARO JOHN MIGRIÑO-OPA Staff