Month: August 2022

The new administration of the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) is determined to dig deeper to get the
root causes on why that the prices of some agricultural products in the province are high compared to other
provinces.
As part of this endeavour, the PGBh through the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) will hold the two
days farmers and fisherfolks forum which will start tomorrow and will end up on the following day at the
Ceremonial Hall, 4 th Floor, News Capitol Building, Cogon District, Tagbilaran City.
Governor Erico Aristotle C. Aumentado has wanted to meet with the presidents of the irrigators associations and
peoples organizations, municipal agriculturists (MAs) and representatives from agri-line agencies to tackle issues
and concerns they have been encountered that hampering the development of the agriculture sector as well as to
gather sentiments from them on what priority programs they may deem immediate.
For so long a time, the farmers have been facing the problems of high prices of fertilizers and rice seeds, low
price of palay, high production cost/labour cost and the bad effects of climate change; while the fisherfolks have
been tied have been also tied with the escalating prices of feeds for cultured fishery and fishing gears, investment
capital and becomes victims of unscrupulous fish traders.
The high prices of fish in the province have always been the clamour among the buying public for so many years
already comparing the prices of the same commodities in other provinces.
In the opening program tomorrow morning, Gov. Aumentado will deliver his inspirational message after Vice-
Gov. Dionisio Victor A. Balita could give his message of support; while Assistant Provincial Agriculturist Larry M.
Pamugas will give the agricultural situation in Bohol as Board Member Nathaniel O. Binlod, Sangguniang
Panlalawigan Chairman- Committee on Agriculture and Provincial Agriculturist Liza M. Quirog will give the
welcome message and acknowledge the participants respectively.
Direcor Joel A. Elumba, OIC-Regional Executive Direcor, Department of Agriculture (DA) 7; Dr. Gracia F.
Arado, OIC-Center Director, Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) 7; Candido T. Samijon, Provincial Fishery
Officer, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), Elena Fabre, Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA)
Bohol; Jessamyne Anne C. Alcazaren, Chief Statistical Specialist, Philippine Statistic Authority (PSA); Engr. Reyne
B. Ugay, Acting Regional Manager, National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Regional Office-7; and Ms. Fe H.
Evasco, Manager, National Food Authority (NFA) will present their programs and projects.
There will be an open forum and workshop to be undertaken before Engr. Ricardo D. Oblena, CESO III-
Executive Assistant for Agriculture in the provincial government will formally close the preliminary program. (Atoy
Cosap)

The Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) through the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) is now
accepting nominees from the agri-fishery sector in all municipalities of Bohol for the 24 categories of the Suhid sa
Malampusong Mag-uumang Bol-anon 2023 search.

This developed during the pre-evaluation meeting last Thursday held at the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist
Liza M. Quirog, 3 rd  Floor, New Capitol Building of which it was agreed that the deadline for the submission of the
nominees will be on September 6, 2023, and the evaluations will be conducted on September 11, 2023 up to the end
of October 2023.

The OPA is hopeful that the Municipal Agriculturists/Municipal Agricultural Officers (Mas/MAOs) will catch up
on the given schedules for the smooth conduct of the tilt so as to hit the target on the awarding ceremony which was
tentatively scheduled in the middle of November this year.

 Provincial Agriculturist Quirog said that she would expect more nominees for every category of the search to be
submitted through the MAs/MAOs because of the big prizes at stake as this year’s tilt the winners would receive not
only money as prizes but also farm equipment which are very useful to their respective field of works.

The SUHID ’23 categories and its corresponding prizes are as follows: Outstanding Farmer on Integrated Rice
Based-Farming System with the prizes of P6, 000 and one unit of power tiller, Outstanding Hybrid Corn Farmer (P6,
000 + corn sheller), Outstanding OPV Corn Farmer (P6, 000 + corn sheller), Outstanding Integrated High-Value
Crops Farmer (P6, 000 + garden cultivator), Outstanding cacao grower (P6, 000 + mechanical pruner), Outstanding
Cassava Farmer (P6, 000 + garden cultivator),

Outstanding Banana Grower (P6, 000 + power sprayer), Outstanding Organic Agriculture Individual Practitioner
(P10, 000 + garden cultivator), Outstanding Organic Practitioner Association (P17, 000 + garden cultivator),
Outstanding Tilapia Culture Commercial Pond (P6, 000 + water pump), Outstanding Tilapia Culture Backyard Pond
(P6, 000 + water pond), Outstanding Bangus Culture Cage (P6, 000 + fiber glass boat), Outstanding Bangus Culture
Pond (P6, 000 + water pond), Outstanding Fishermen’s Association (P17, 000 + fabricated pumpboat),

Outstanding Municipal Agriculturist (P6, 000 + power sprayer), Outstanding Farmers Association Program
Based (P17, 000 + garden cultivator and power tiller), Outstanding Rural Woman (P6, 000 + garden cultivator),
Outstanding 4H-Club (P20, 000 + garden cultivator), Outstanding Organic Technician (P6, 000 + power sprayer),
Outstanding Rice Technician (P6, 000 + (P6, 000 + power sprayer), Outstanding Corn Technician (P6, 000 + power
sprayer), and Outstanding Fishery Technician (P6, 000 + power sprayer). (Atoy Cosap)