Month: October 2021

The Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) through the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA)
will award the cash prizes and plaques to the winners of the Suhid sa Malampusong Mag-uumang Bol-
anon 2021 during the recognition and awarding ceremony to be held on Thursday, 10am at the 4 th Floor,
New Capitol Building, Cogon, Tagbilaran City.
Some 25 farmers and fisherfolks who have excelled in their respective field will receive their cash
prizes and plaques of recognition for the different categories of the tilt.
Assistant Provincial Agriculturist Larry M. Pamugas said that SUHID is the annual activity of the
PGBh aims to award and recognize the agri-fishery sectors who have exemplary performance which the
provincial government considered them as models in the province for other Boholanos to emulate.
The outstanding farmers/fisherfolks and associations which come from 15 municipalities are the
following: Tultugan Organic Farmers Association of Tultugan, Calape as Outstanding Organic
Agriculture Practitioners (Association) that will receive P15,000 and plaques; Amelia O. Virtudazo
(Malbog, Jagna) – Outstanding Organic Agriculture Technician (P5,000 plus plaques); Gemma Deloso
Bag-ao (Taytay, Duero) – Outstanding Organic Agriculture Practitioner (Individual Family) (P10,000
plus plaques); Dionisia C. Baculi (San Pascual, Ubay) – Outstanding Local Fruits Farmer (5,000 plus
plaques); Elma C. Amad (La Victoria, Valencia) – Outstanding HVCDP Technicians (P5,000 plus
plaques);
Marcela P. Palma (Poblacion, San Miguel) – Outstanding Municipal Agriculturist (P5,000 plus
plaques); Vidal Limbago Jumawid (Pob. Sur, Carmen) – Outstanding Cassava Farmer P5,000 plus
plaques); Josenilo C. Gara (St. Tomas Trinidad) – Outstanding Corn Technician (P5,000 plus plaques);
Priscilla V. Oreo (Benliw, Ubay) – Outstanding OPV Corn Farmer (P5,000 plus plaques); Joachim Pinat
(P7, Bayongan, San Miguel) – Outstanding Young Farmer/Fisherfolks Category (P10,000 plus plaques);
Arlene Baculi (Ubay) – Outstanding Rural Women (P5,000 plus plaques); Young Farmers 4-H Club c/o
Geraldine Cirunay (Sagbayan) – Outstanding Farmer Organization/4-H Club (P15,000 plus plaques); Rey
Boaquin (Ubay) – Outstanding Tilapia Culture (P5,000 plus plaques); Kahugpungan sa Gagmay’ng
Mananagat ug Mag-uuma sa Sinandigan (KAGAMMASI) c/o Jose Cuyno – Outstanding Seaweeds
Producer (P5,000 plus plaques); Ana Mae Evangelista (San Roque, Talibon) – Outstanding Fishery
Technician (P5,000 plus plaques);
Vicente Luminarias (Banlasan, Trinidad) – Outstanding Corn Hybrid Farmer (P5,000 plus plaques);
Adelina Circulado (Balansan, Trinidad) – Outstanding Integrated High Value Crops Farmer (P5,000 plus
plaques); Nick Guisado (Danao) – Outstanding Highest Yielder on Inbred Rice (ART 120) Farmer
(P5,000 plus plaques); Bernadita Castulo (Candijay) – Outstanding Highest Yielder on Hybrid Rice (ART
160) Farmer (P5,000 plus plaques); Lucita Bonghanoy (Ubay) – Outstanding Rice Technician (P5,000
plus plaques); Annalisa Monil (Riverside, Bilar) – Outstanding Exhibitor of ART Tabo sa Bohol (P5,000
plus plaques); Rainera Rebuya (Anislag, Corella) – Outstanding Agri-Enterprise for Crops (P15,000 plus
plaques); and VJ Mendez (Bayongan, San Miguel) – Outstanding Coconut Farmer (P5,000 plus plaques).
The emerged winners of the SUHID title will automatically be the nominees of Bohol for the Regional
Gawad Saka Search sponsored by the Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office (DA-RFO) 7 to
be conducted early next year. (Atoy Cosap)

Some 210 hectares (has.) of rice lands planted with hybrid rice (SL8, SL19, and SL 20) in the agricultural towns of Dagohoy and San Miguel, Bohol has shown good performance in this wet planting season ensuring the food security in the province of Bohol.

This came after the conduct of harvest festival and crop cut last Wednesday of planted hybrid rice in Mahayag, San Miguel hosted by the MAMAMIA Irrigators Association.

Provincial Rice Coordinator LorebienLagapa said that the yield performance has exceeded on the given target of the Advanced Rice Technology (ART) 160 hybrid rice program in the province as it yielded about 180 cavans per hectare or nine tons.

The harvest festival was attended by the visiting Irrigators Associations (IAs) presidents and farmer members namely: SANBABUE IA, Sto. Niño, San Miguel; DSMIA, Mahayag, San Miguel; and KawasanCommonal Irrigators Association, San Vicente, Dagohoy.

The activity was also attended by Provincial Agriculturist Liza M. Quirog, San Miguel Municipal Agriculturist Marcela P. Palma and some staff from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) and Municipal Agricultural Office in the municipality of San Miguel.

The 75 irrigators and farmers associations in 37 agricultural towns in the province have been elated as it provides them free seeds and technical assistance in the hybrid rice production, recognition for the highest yielder by giving one unit of combined rice harvester,palay buy-back of which 10% of their yields would be bought by the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) at P20 per kilogram, and processing the Boholanop alay to come up with the “BugasniDagohoy” at a lower price of P38 per kilogram. ( with report from Atoy Cosap)

The Provincial Government of Bohol(PGBh) would recognize and award the best Boholano farmers who are winners of the different categories of the Suhid sa Malampusong Mag-uumang Bol-anon search on October 29, 2021 during the culmination program of the cooperative month at the Ceremonial Hall, 4^th Floor, New Bohol Capitol Building, Cogon, Tagbilaran City.

Assistant Provincial Agriculturist Larry M. Pamugas bared that some 25 farmers would receive cash prizes and plaques as winners of the Suhid tilt as a way of recognizing them for their great contribution to agriculture in the province of Bohol.

Pamugas said that the evaluators from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) and representatives from other government agriculture related agencies have already identified 10 winners yet as the evaluations have been continued and they are: Vicente I. Luminarias (Trinidad) as winner of the Outstanding Hybrid Yellow Corn Farmer category, Pricila V. Oreo (Ubay) – Outstanding Open Polinated Variety Corn Farmer, Josenilo C. Gara (Trinidad) – Outstanding Corn Technician, Vida L. Jumawid (Carmen) – Outstanding Cassava Farmer,

Marcela P. Palma (San Miguel)  – Outstanding Municipal Agriculturist, Gemma Bag-o (Upper La Paz, Cortes) – Outstanding Organic Agriculture Practitioner (Individual), Tultugan Organic Farmers Association c/o Benjamin Logroño (Tultugan, Calape) – Organic Agriculture Practitioner (Association), Amelia Virtudazo (LGU-Jagna) – Organic Agriculture Technician, and Dionisia Baculi (Ubay) – Outstanding Local Unit Farmer.

Other categories who have no winners yet are the Outstanding Young Farmer (Practicing Organic Farming), Outstanding 4H – Club, Outstanding Exhibitors of ART Tabo sa Bohol, Outstanding Agri-Enterprise for Crops, Outstanding Fishery Technician, Outstanding Seaweeds Producer, Outstanding Fishermen’s Association,

Outstanding Bangus Culture, Outstanding Tilapia Culture, Outstanding Rice Technician, Outstanding Yielder on Inbred Rice (ART 120) Farmer, Outstanding Highest Yielder on Hybrid Rice (ART 160) Farmer, Outstanding HVCDP Technician and Outstanding Integrated High Value Crops Farmer.

Actually he said there are 30 categories of the Suhid tilt but five of these would not be included in the search because the nominees would not reach to three which is allowable by the Commission on Audit (COA) which are the following; Outstanding Environment-Friendly Barangay (most number of fruit trees planted), Outstanding Bol-anong Siyentista on Food Processing (fruits, vegetables and fish), Outstanding Association (this will be based on our implemented programs), Outstanding Agri-Enterprise on Fishery and Outstanding Bol-anon Siyentista on Feed Formulation (Fish and Livestock).

Dr. Pamugas said that on that culmination program, the PGBh would give recognition to the individual and civic association for their unstinted support and cooperation that they have been given to any provincial government activities particularly at the agriculture department even in this time of Pandemic.

Suhid sa Malampusong Mag-uumang Bol-anon is an annual tilt tends to recognize and award Boholano farmers and fisherfolks who have excelled in the different field of agriculture in Bohol. (Atoy Cosap)