Bohol joins “Rice Awareness Month”

The Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) through the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office (DA-RFO) 7 joins the nation in celebration of the “Rice Awareness Month” this November.
Lorebien Lagapa, Provincial Rice Seeds Coordinator in Bohol said the celebration has to be highlighted with the Riceponsible Fun Run from Bohol Wisdom School (BWS) down to Plaza Rizal this city on November 24, 2018 to start at 4:30 a.m.
Lagapa said the first to arrive at the Plaza Rizal would receive 50-kilogram sack of brown rice; 25 kgs. for the second and 15 kgs. for the third to arrive.
She stressed that once all the participants will be at the Plaza Rizal they will perform a zumba dance and will receive one kilo of brown rice each and will be served special brown rice chicken arrozcaldo.
Lagapa said the first 300 runners who would register early at the BWS on Nov. 24 will receive one free t-shirt each.
The provincial rice seeds coordinator bared that among the objectives of the activity are: rice awareness, “riceponsible” consumption of rice, valuing hard work of the farmers and giving them appreciation, and advocacy to conserve rice.
In the campaign to conserve rice, Gov. Edgar M. Chatto has instructed the OPA on whatever program to be conducted to recite the rice pledge right after the singing of hymns. The pledge emphasizes the “riceponsible” consumption of rice at home, at restaurants and at parties.
Bohol has 56, 913 hectares (has.) of which the 23,993.68 has. are irrigated and the 32,919.53 are rain-fed, making Bohol a Rice Granary of Central Visayas wherein 70% of rice supply come from the province. (Atoy Cosap)