Author: Venus Ladaga

Cloud seeding end, add water to dams

The 42-hour contract of cloud seeding operations (CSOs) over agricultural and watershed areas in Bohol completed Tuesday bringing light, moderate to heavy rains in the different target areas in the province.

The CSOs started June 19, 2019 and implemented by Pegasus Air Services, Inc.

Leon Parac Jr., CSO focal person bared that the remaining three hours of the operations were completely conducted last Tuesday after the weather cooperated.The first sortie targeted the areas of Sierra-Bullones, Danao, and Malinao Dam resultingto the pouring of light to moderate rains in the towns of Danao and San Miguel.

In the second sortie discharging vacuum salt above the areas of Sierra-Bullones, Pilar and Malinao Dam, the light to moderate rains were experienced in Sevilla, while heavy rains happened in Pilar, Sierra Bullones, Bilar, Carmen, Batuan and Jagna; and in the last sortie targeting the areas of Sierra-Bullones, Pilar and Malinao Dam, the heavy rains poured in Sierra-Bullones, Carmen, Batuan, Bilar, Ubay and Alicia, Parac said.

He said that there were times that the operations were suspended due to Tropical Storm “Falcon,” however last Tuesday the weather cooperated, thus the three sorties were conducted only in one day to complete the remaining hours of the contract.

NIA 7 THANKS BOHOL GOVERNMENT

Engr. Evelyn Putong from the National Irrigation Administration (NIA)7 during the Provincial Coordinating Committee on Agri-Fishery (PCCAF) meeting expressed thanks and gratitude to the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) for conducting the CSOs that really help to augment the water levels of the major dams in Bohol especially at the Malinao Dam in Pilar, Bohol. The meeting last Wednesday was held at the Reynas Garden and Haven, New Calceta, Cogon, Tagbilaran City.

Putong said that as of July 30, 2019, the water elevation of Malinao Dam covering the service areas of Pilar, Dagohoy, Alicia, San Miguel and Ubay had an actual level of 148.77 meters (ms.), critical -146.5ms. and at full-152.00 ms.; Bayongan Dam with the service areas of San Miguel, Ubay and Trinidad: actual – 44.06 ms., critical – 41.00ms, and at full-52.00 ms.;

The Capayas Dam that covered the service areas in Ubay had 34.63ms. – actual, 30.00ms. – critical, and 36.50 ms. – at full; and the Talibon Small Reservoir Irrigation System serving only the town of Talibon had 22.90 ms.-actual, 21.00ms. – critical, and 30.00 ms. at full.

Putong said that they continue to implement the alternate welting and drying as they also conducted the daily monitoring of irrigated areas and strict implementation of water delivery schedule.

At Malinao Dam, the initial water delivery for the second crop upstream area was on May 6, 2019, and as of July 30, 2019, a total of 2,026 hectares (has.) were irrigated out of 4,016 has. operational and the remaining area will depend on the available rainfall and the storage of the dam, she said.

In Bayongan Dam based on the available water only 950 has. could be irrigated out of 3,047 has. operational of which the delivery of water started last June 17, 2019; while the Capayas Dam had 320 has. irrigated out of 858 has. operational and the Talibon Dam had the total irrigated areas of 452.72 has. out of 781 has. operational.

Putong disclosed that along with this situation, they still encouraged the farmers to plant corn, mongo or other diversified crops with less irrigation water requirement. (AtoyCosap)

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. The cloud seeding operations (CSOs) team (left photo) composed of the personnel of Philippine Air Force, Bureau of Soils and Water Management, and Office of the Provincial Agriculturistafter the completion last Tuesday of the 42-hour operations of making artificial rain that help elevate the water levels of the major dams in Bohol especially the Malinao Dam in Pilar (right photo),highly expected to help farmers in the planting of rice at the irrigated and rain-fed areas in Bohol.

Foto JUN PARAC

Youth call for agri echoed in Agri-Fair

The call to regain the interest of the youth to go on farming echoed last Tuesday during the opening program of the four-day SandugoAgri-Fair 2019 held at the City Hall/ Bohol Agricultural Promotion Center (BAPC) Grounds, Dao, Tagbilaran City.

Provincial Administrator, Atty. Kathyrin Fe D. Pioquinto for and in behalf of Governor Arthur C. Yap in her inspirational message urged the Boholanosto help in convincing and inspiring the youth to revive their interest in agriculture not just to become mere farmers but entrepreneurs.

Pioquinto said that it is really true that agriculture is facing several challenges nowadays to include climate change and aging farmers.

She said that in Gov. Yap’s administration agriculture is given more focus coupled with tourism to boost economy in the province.

Atty. Pioquinto recalled that when Yap was in congress he authored and passed into law the “Free Irrigation Act”, among other laws that has benefited the farmers.

On his part, Atty. Salvador D. Diputado, Regional Director, Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office (DA-RFO) 7 in his message expressed apprehension on the declining number of farmers and agricultural areas due to land conversion from agricultural to commercial.

Diputado said that it is sad to note that the average age of farmers is 59.

He challenged the members of the SangguniangPanlalawigan to pass an ordinance requiring all elementary and K-12 graduates to undergo gardening and entrepreneurial skill programs.

Diputado further challenged the provincial lawmakers to draw measures that strictly implement the land classification to deter the decreasing areas of agricultural land.

The DA Regional Director said he is elated that the new governor in Bohol was a former secretary of the DA.

Also in the opening program,Diputado led the distribution of farm machineries from the DA to the farmer association beneficiaries.

On the other hand, former chairman of the Committee on Agriculture of the SangguniangPanlalawiganAtty. Abeleon R. Damalerio in lieu of former governor and now 1^st District Congressman Edgar M. Chattosaid that agriculture and tourism are the priority programs of the former governor in the province.

Damaleriobaredthat in the nine consecutive years of service as governor in Bohol, Chatto considered agriculture as economic driver for Bohol’s economy in tandem with tourism.

He said that several programs and interventions are given by the administration of Chatto to the farmers, fisher folks and other agri-stakeholders.

In the program, assistant Provincial Agriculturist Larry M. Pamugas acknowledged the guests and participants of the SandugoAgri-Fair 2019 after Phileos Blanco who represented Mayor Baba Yap could deliver the welcome message.

The four-day SandogAgri-Fair 2019 has culminated through an awarding and closing ceremony last Friday at the City Hall/ Bohol Agricultural Promotion Center (B-APC). (AtoyCosap)

SUCCESSFUL CELEBRATION.The Provincial Government of Bohol created anew a cliché in showcasing the Boholano agricultural products and recognizing the Boholano farmers’ efforts in agriculture during the four-day celebration of the SandugoAgri-Fair 19 held at the CityHall/B-APC Grounds, Dao, Tagbilaran City last Tuesday to Friday. Atty. Kathyrin Fe D. Pioquintofor and in behalf of Gov. Arthur C. Yap leads the ribbon cutting during the opening of the fair last Tuesday. FotoJUN CANETE AMORA (OPA STAFF)

Carmen tops in Sandugo Agri-Fair 2019contests

The town of Carmen ranked overall champ in the different contests conducted of the fair. It bested the other 15 municipalities who participated in the Sandugo Agri-Fair 2019 slated Tuesday to Friday.

Aside from showcasing and selling of Boholano Agricultural products, the just-concluded agri-fair highlighted contests for best booth, Imelda Papin and Renz Verano voices alike, bahal drinking contests (male and female categories), rice pounding and winnowing, coconut dehusking and grating, bangus deboning, tilapia cleaning and filleting and the “pinaka” (ampalaya, upo, eggplant, squash, jack fruit, watermelon, banana, camote, cassava, young corn, and cacao pod).

The town of Carmen bested other contestants when they landed first in Imelda Papin’s voice alike, rice pounding and winnowing, bangus deboning, bahal drinking contest (male), and in “pinaka” on cacao pod, camote and banana (cardava) contests categories.

The town of Talibon landed in second place after they emerged as first of the four contest categories for best booth, and in the “pinaka” on watermelon, squash and ampalaya.

The following are the complete contest results in different categories: Imelda Papin’s Voice Alike – 1^st prize (Carmen-Jennifer Petalcorin), 2^nd prize (Panglao-Cyril Maria Fucanan), 3^rd (Dimiao-Lilybeth Maglangit); RenzVerno – 1^st (Trinidad – Dioscoro Mimbrillos), and (Calape-Adriano M. Amor, Jr.), 3^rd (Carmen- Mike Joseph Palado); bahal drinking (male category) – 1^st (Carmen – Jessmar Amores), 2^nd (Sikatuna – Anecito Intong), 3^rd (Talibon – Jodell Estillore); bahal drinking (female category) – 1^st (Panglao-Marcela Crosas), 2^nd (Carmen- Rosinda Amores), 3^rd (Loboc-Lorena Ocnas);

Rice pounding and winnowing – 1^st (Carmen), 2^nd (Sikatuna), 3^rd (Talibon); Coconut dehusking and grating – 1^st (Sikatuna-Lorenzo Tajantajan), 2^nd (Carmen – Rey Laguitao), 3^rd (Talibon – Ernesto Cutarra); Bangus deboning – 1^st prize (Carmen – NeraLumagod), 2^nd (Tagbilaran City – Geraldine Baliog), 3^rd (Cortes – Neolita Bucia); Tilapia cleaning and filleting – 1^st (Tabilaran City– Geraldine Baliog), 2^nd (Panglao-EsnerlinCuaco), 3^rd (Cortes – NeolitaBucia);

On the pinaka contests on Ampalaya – 1^st (Talibon – ArsenioAparece), 2^nd (Carmen – Antonio Omamalin), 3^rd (Cortes – Jocelyn Vicencio); Upo – 1^st (Calape – MaximoLungay), 2^nd (Carmen – CrecencioBaluca), 3^rd (Cortes – Jocelyn Vicencio); Eggplant – 1^st (Cortes – FelipaTongco), 2^nd (Calape – Dino Roluma), 3^rd (Trinidad – Vicente Luminarias); Squash – 1^st (Talibon – RenelinaRoluma), 2^ndDimiao (James Rey Naro, 3^rd (Cortes – Rogelio Solijon);

Fruits Jackfruit-1^st (Cortes – Rogelio Solijon), 2^nd (Calape – Mark Anthony Lopez), 3^rd (Carmen – Nicolas Cabusao); Watermelon – 1^st (Talibon – Ma. Teresa Amamangpang), 2^nd (Carmen-Elma Salise), 3^rd (Panglao- Lorna Arbilo); Banana (Cardava) – 1^st (Carmen – Antonio Omamalin), 2^nd (Dimiao – James Rey Naro), 3^rd (Talibon – Renato Auxtero); Rootcrops- Camote- 1^st (Carmen – Mario Salabsab), 2^nd (Calape -Dino Ruloma), 3^rd (Talibon – Ricky Cutarra);

Cassava – 1^st (Calape – Dino Roluma), 2^nd (Tagbilaran City – Leo Lumantas), 3^rd (Carmen – Nicolas Cabusao); Corn – Young Corn, 1^st (Dimiao – Crispin Cuaco); Cacao Pod (Ripe) – 1^st (Carmen – Rey Lagitao), 2^nd (Panglao – Rey ChelleNiza), 2^nd (Panglao – Rey ChelleNiza), 3^rd (Sikatuna – Guillermo Lopas); Best Booth – 1^st (Talibon – Angelito A. Oroyan), 2^nd (Dimiao – Jayrell G. Adanza), 3^rd (Carmen – Arlene D. Cabusao), 4^th (Valencia – Ma. Concepcion N. Bongola), 5^th (Tagbilaran City – Dr. Victoria Limbaga), 6^th (Calape – Elizabeth Cortes), 7^th (Sikatuna – Ireneo A. Gabato), 8^th (Cortes – Esmeralda Paga).

The winners received their prizes during the awarding and closing ceremony of the SandugoAgri-Fair 2019 held at the City Hall/B-APC Grounds, Dao, Tagbilaran City. (AtoyCosap)

Jennifer Petalcorin from the town of Carmen, Bohol shows her talent in singing the Imelda Papin song after she bested other contestants for the Imelda Papin’s Voice Alike contest category last Wednesday during the Sandugo Agri-Fair 2019 held at the City Hall/ B-APC Grounds, Dao, Tagbilaran City. Photo by: JUNREX EDROTE, OPA staff

SANDUGO AGRI-FAIR 2019 19 towns to participate

Some nineteen Municipal Local Government Units (MLGUs) of the 47 municipalities and one city in the province of Bohol will participate in the SandugoAgri-Fair 2019 slated to start on Tuesday at the Bohol-Agricultural Promotion Center (B-APC), Dao, Tagbilaran City.

The MLGUs who manifested their eagerness to participate are Tagbilaran, Carmen, Calape, Talibon, Pilar, Cortes, Loboc, Sikatuna, Panglao, Dimiao, Trinidad, Balilihan, Baclayon, Batuan, Anda, Lila, Maribojoc, Jagna, and Albur.
Aside from the MLGUs, some 17 exhibitors will also participate in the product display namely: SojiyuanAgri-development (Eskaya Tribal Group), Bio-Natural, Four Season Blenderized Food Juices, Bohol Overseas Commercial, Agrigrowth International Corporation, Jojie’sPainitangBol-anon, YamanBukid, Buenaventura Farms, P & P Enterprises, Dalareich Chocolate House, FCB — Fl, Bohol MADe, KBOOM, A.I.M. for Progress, BANALiG, Bohol Seaweeds Farmers Cooperative, and Aldrtz Corporation.

Beaming the theme “Pangumanga may PatigayonmaoyYawesaKalamboansaatongBanikanhonLalawigangBol-anon,” the fair has been highlighted with the showcasing of the agricultural products and savoring with different contests with big prizes at stake to be conducted on Wednesday which will be the Agribusiness Day are the following: best booth – 1st prize (P8,000), 2nd (P5,000), 3rd (P3,000) and a consolation prize of P1,000 each; Imelda Papin’s Voice Alike – 1st (P2,500), 2nd (P2,000), 3rd (P1,000) and a consolation prize of 300 each; RenzVerano voice alike – 1st (P2,500), 2nd (P2,000), 3rd (P1,000), and a consolation prize of 300 each;
And for the PINAKA contests: Ampalaya – P700; Upo – P700; Eggplant – P700; Squash – P700; Jackfruit – P1, 000; Watermelon – P1,000; Banana (Carnava in Bunch) – P1,500; Camote – P700; Cassava – P700; Young Corn (open Pollinated Variety) – P700; Cacao Pods (ripe/ any variety) – P700.

Bohol drinking contest (male and female) – 1st (P1,000), 2nd (P800), 3rd (P500) and a consolation prize of P300 of each of the category; rice pounding and winnowing – 1st (P2,500), 2nd (P2,000), 3rd (P1,500) and a consolation prize of P900 each team ; coconut dehusking and grating – 1st prize (P1,000), 2nd prize (P800), 3rd prize (P500) and a consolation prize of P300 each; and Tilapia cleaning and filleting – 1st (P1,000), 2nd (P800), 3rd (P500), and a consolation prize of P300 each.

The four-day fair will start with a motorcade at 1p.m. from the jump off area at Camp Bernido – J.A. Clarin down to Old Capitol Building – CPG Avenue, Bohol Cultural Center – Bohol Wisdom School – New Capitol Site Road – Hangos St. and then all the way to B-APC Grounds.

In the opening program, Governor Arthur C. Yap will deliver the inspirational message while Vice Gov. Rene L. Relampagos; Atty. Salvador Diputado, Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office (DA-RFO)7 Executive Director; and KOICA-Deputy Director Song Back Lee would give the messages of support as City Mayor John Geesnell L. Yap would deliver the welcome address before Assistant Provincial Agriculturist Larry M. Pamugas could acknowledge the guests and participants.

After the program, Gov. Yap would lead the government officials and guests in the ribbon cutting and opening of exhibits for the SandugoAgri-Fair 2019.Immediately after the ribbon cutting, the Pinaka contest will be conducted.
On the second day of the fair will be the market matching wherein the producers and prospective buyers will meet for possible market linkages, 2 p.m. at the B-APC Conference Hall.

The Organic/Crops Day and the Fisheries Day will be on Thursday and Friday, respectively.
During the agri-fair final preparatory meeting last Friday held at the Panda Tea and Garden, Dao, Tagbilaran City, some Municipal Agricultural Officers (MAOs) and the Municipal Agriculturists (MAs) promised to participate in the fair.

Meanwhile, the SandugoAgri-Fair Flower and Garden Showcase opened last July 12, at the BAPC Grounds.The showcase considered as the startup of the Agri-fair activities showcasing variety of flowers, seedlings of fruit trees, and landscape designs from the ornamental growers/entrepreneurs, seedling propagators, and Bohol Gardeners and Landscapers Association.

In the opening program, Board Member Ricky Masamayor, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, SangguniangPanlalawigan for and in behalf of Gov. Yap said that the provincial government would focus on agriculture.
Masamayor thanked the Boholano farmers in helping the provincial government in shaping up the agricultural landscape of Bohol.

DA-RFO7 Dir. Diputado said he is happy that the governor of Bohol was a former DA secretary.
Diputado said that Gov. Yap knows what he is talking about that’s why data are sought to troubleshoot and then effect the increase in production.

Phileos Blanco in lieu of City Mayor Yap said the city government is strongly supportive to the provincial government in all its plans and programs for development.

Roman Dabalos, Officer-In-Charge, Provincial Agricultural Technology Coordinating Office(PATCO) gave the words of welcome while Dr. Pamugas stated the statement of purpose.

The SandugoAgri-Fair is an annual event that happens every month of July as one of the major highlights of the month-long celebration of Sandugo Festival. (AtoyCosap)

CAPTION:

AGRICULTURALproducts from the industrious Boholano farmers will showcased anew during the four-day SandugoAgri-Fair 2019 which will kickoff on Tuesday at the Bohol-Agricultural Promotion Center (B-APC), Dao, Tagbilaran City.

Bad weather causes delay in cloud seeding

The occurrence of the bad weather and the absence of the seedable cloud after the tropical depression “Falcon” could cause delay in the completion of the Cloud Seeding Operations (CSOs) to the watershed and agricultural areas in Bohol last week.

Leon Parac, Jr., cloud seeding focal person bared that if the weather would cooperate and there was the presence of the seedable cloud, the 42 hours CSOs contract would already be completed last week.
Parac said that since the CSO was started last June 19, 2019, there are only 3 hrs. have left in the contract.
He said that on Friday the CSO will resume if there is the presence of seedable clouds.
It can be recalled that last July 9 to 11 the operations were suspended because the pilot renewed his expired license and the first permit from CAAP granted the request to conduct CSOs over the vicinity of Bohol was also expired.

Junne Abejuela, Director Marketing and Business Development, Pegasus Air Services Inc, the winning bidder of the CSO project sent a letter to Civil Aviation Authority(CAAP) dated July 8, 2019 requesting to grant another permit for the operations.

Captain Romel D. Candingan, Assistant Director – General II – FSIS had granted the second second request with the following conditions; that must be conducted during VMC only, must be subject to Air Traffic Control, must be conducted at a maximum altitude of 8,500 ft. AGL only, must advise Mactan approach Control of the actual altitude to be flown in feet AMSL, must squawk on assigned transponder code when required by Mactan Approach Control, must advice Mactan Approach Control of the start and termination of said activity, must maintain continuous communication with Mactan Approach Control during the conduct of the activity.

Parac said the CSO which was started last June 19, 2019 could bring rains to several towns in Bohol that added water to the major dams in the province.

The cloud seeding focal person said the Malinao, Bayongan, Capayas and the Talibon Dams have been releasing the irrigation water to the service areas.

He said the Boholano rice farmers are now very busy in the land preparation and rice planting in the irrigated and rainfed areas. (Atoy Cosap)

CLOUD SEEDING. The conduct of the Cloud Seeding Operations (CSOs) in the watershed and agricultural areas in the province of Bohol have been interrupted with tropical depression “Falcon” that caused delay in the completion of the operations that supposed to be completed last week.

Agriproducts, Contest highlight Agri-Fair 2019

The display of the agricultural products and the conducts of the different contests would highlight the celebration of the Sandugo Agri-Fair 2019 slated on July 23-26, 2019 to be held at the Bohol Agricultural Promotion Center (B-APC) Grounds, Dao Tagbilaran City.

The following are the programs of the four-day fair:

In the different contests only those Municipal Local Government Units (MLGUs) who have product display can participate.

Hereunder the different contests and its guidelines and criteria:

SANDUGO AGRI-FAIR 2019 GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA IN DIFFERENT CONTESTS

THEME: “PANGUMA NGA MAY PATIGAYON MAOY YAWE SA KALAMBOAN SA ATONG BANIKANHONLALAWIGAN’G BOL-ANON”

NOTE: Only those contestants from participating LGUs with booth and product display are accepted to join in the different contests.

July 23-26, 2019

City Hall/B-APC Grounds

1. Best Booth (LGU exhibitors only)

Guidelines:

All participating LGU’s/exhibitor can join the contest.
Non LGUs can still join/participate as exhibitors but not included in the contest.
The decision of the Board of Judges is final.

Criteria:

Concept/execution (Design/Harmony/Creativity) —————- 40%
Content/Sustainability/Quality of displayed product ———– 40%
Over-all Impact (total appearance of exhibits) ———————-20%

100%

PINAKA

Guidelines:

Crops Category

Vegetables – (Ampalaya, Upo, Eggplant & Squash)
Fruits – Jackfruit, Watermelon (red) and Banana in Bunch (Cardava)
Rootcrops – Camote and Cassava (any variety)
Corn – Young Corn
Cacao Pods- ripe/any variety

July 24, 2019 at 1:00pm to 3:00pm (Submission/judging of Pinaka entries)

Entries must be submitted to the Contest Committee c/o Ms. Abita Perez

Only participating MLGUs with exhibits/booth are qualified to join.

Winning/non-winning entries will be returned to the owner.

Fisheries Category (Bangus& Tilapia)

July 25, 2019 at 9am to 10:00am (Submission/ judging of Pinaka Entries)
Entries must be submitted to the Contest Committee c/o GlaizaMelecio
Only participating MLGUs with exhibits/booth are qualified to join
Winning/non-winning entries will be returned to the owner

Criteria:

– Weight —————————————————————————-60%

– Quality/ Appearance/ Texture——————————————-30%

– Presentation (label)———————————————————-10%

100%

Note: Entries must be properly labeled bearing the name and address of the owner.

Imelda Papin’s Voice Alike

Guidelines:

Must be a Boholana
Must come from the participating LGU with booth and product display
Must not be a professional singer or became a contestant of any regional and national singing competitions.
Must sing of Imelda Papin’s songs.
Must bring her own minus one through USB or CD.
Must be at the venue one (1) hour before the start of the contest.
The decision of the board of judges is final.

Criteria:

Semblance of Imelda Papin’s voice —————————————— 30%

Timing ————————————————————————————– 25%

Diction ————————————————————————————– 25%

Stage Performance ——————————————————————- 10%

Audience Impact ——————————————————————– 10%

100%

Renz Verano Voice Alike

Guidelines:

Must be a Boholano
Must come from the participating LGU with booth and product display
Must not be a professional singer or became a contestant of any regional and national singing competitions.
Must sing of Renz Verano’s songs.
Must bring his own minus one through USB or CD.
Must be at the venue one (1) hour before the start of the contest.
The decision of the board of judges is final.

Criteria:

Semblance of Renz Verano’s voice——————————————– 30%

Timing ————————————————————————————– 25%

Diction ————————————————————————————– 25%

Stage Performance ——————————————————————- 10%

Audience Impact ——————————————————————– 10%

100%

Bahalina Drinking Contest (Male & Female Category)

Guidelines:

Drinking bahalina one at a time for both male and female category;
One (1) liter per contestant for male and half liter for female;
Shortest time consumed through knockout system will be declared a winner;
Bahalina will be provided by OPA per contestant;
Contestant must come from participating LGU with booth and product display.
The decision of the board of judges is final.

Criteria:

Speed———————————————————— (100%)

Rice Pounding and Winnowing

Guidelines

Three Contestants for every team must come from participating LGU with booth and product display.
Contestants must bring their own materials like mortar, pestle, winnower and paya.
Only five kilos of palay will be provided by OPA per team.
Contest runs 20 minutes only.
The decision of the board of judges is final.

Criteria:

Quality of pounded rice (Purity and Cleanliness) —————— 30%
Recovery of rice grains ——————————————————– 30%
Timeliness ————————————————————————– 40%

100%

Pounding Recovery Table

3.5 kg to 3.0 = 30%

2.9kg to 2.0 = 25%

1.9 kg to 1 = 20%

Below 1kg = 15%

7. Coconut Dehusking and Grating

Guidelines:

Contestant must come from the participating LGU with booth and product display.
Contestant must bring his own materials like grater, basin and bolo.

3.Two (2) coconuts per contestant will be provided by OPA per contestant.

The first to finish will be the winner.
The decision of the board of judges is final.

Criteria:

Cleanliness of grated coconut. (absence of husk and other materials) ———- 50%
Timeliness ————————————————————————————————— 50%

Bangus Deboning (female category)

Guidelines:

Contestant must come from the participating LGU with booth and product display.
Contestant must bring his/her own materials like forceps, knife and chopping board.
Only one (1) bangus and water will be provided by per contestant OPA.
Not to exceed 5 minutes. Two percent will be deducted from the over all total for

every excess of one minute.

The decision of the board of judges is final.

Criteria:

Highest number of bones extracted ——————————————— 40%
Timeliness ———————————————————————————- 20%
Appearance remains intact ———————————————————40%

100%

Tilapia Cleaning and Filleting

Guidelines:

Contestant must come from the participating LGU with booth and product display.
Contestant must bring his/her own materials like knife and chopping board.
Only five (5) pcs. of tilapia and water will be provided by OPA per contestant.
Not to exceed 5 minutes. Two percent will be deducted from the total percentage

Garnered for every excess of one minute.

The decision of the Board of Judges is final.

Criteria:

Appearance must be intact ———————————————————– 40%
Absence of entrails and scales ——————————————————- 30%
Timeliness ————————————————————————————- 30%

100%

For more inquiries please contact Mr. Fortunato A. Cosap at 09471792357 Please participate and see you there!

Cloud Seeding and Rainy Days Bring Water to Dams

The 42 hours Cloud Seeding Operations (CSOs) to the watershed and agricultural areas in the province of Bohol have almost completed..Coupled with the intermittent rainfall from the usual weather vagaries have brought water to Bohol’s irrigation dams.

Leon Parac, Jr., cloud seeding focal person said that of the 42 hrs. CSOs contract, the Pegasus Air Services Inc., the winning bidder of the project had already consumed 33 hrs. for 20 sorties of CSOs as of July 13, 2019.

Parac said the operation was suspended for three days from Tuesday to Thursday and just resumed last Friday after the pilot could renew his license and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) had granted the request of Junne P. Abejuela, Director of Marketing and Business Development, Pegasus Air Services Inc. to issue another permit for the operation after the first one was expired last July 10, 2019.

Captain Romel D. Candingan, Assistant Director-General II-FSIS has granted the letter request of Abejuela dated July 8, 2019 requesting to conduct Cloud Seeding operations over the vicinity of Bohol to utilize one Piper Cherokee type of aircraft with Registration No. RP-C2872.

CAAP CONDITIONS FOR SEEDING

The CAAP gave the following conditions to Pegasus Air Services Inc. in granting the request that must be conducted during VMC only, must be conducted from 11 July-10 August 2019 only, must be subject to Air Traffic Control, must be conducted at a maximum altitude of 8,500 ft. AGL only, must advise Mactan approach Control of the actual altitude to be flown in feet AMSL, must squawk on assigned transponder code when required by Mactan Approach Control, must advice Mactan Approach Control of the start and termination of said activity, must maintain continuous communication with Mactan Approach Control during the conduct of the activity.

Parac confirmed that due to CSOs which was started last June 8, 2019 several towns in Bohol have been experienced rainfalls that would add the water level of the major dams in the province.

He said that last week they conducted the survey and they found out that the dams have been releasing irrigation water to the service areas.

The cloud seeding focal person bared that as of July 10, 2019 the water elevation of Malinao Dam in Pilar was registered at 148.50 meters (ms.) against 150 ms. at full; Bayongan Dam in San Miguel had 44.52 ms. against 52 ms. at full; Capayas Dam in Ubay at 33.51 ms. and 36.5 at full; and the Talibon Dam in San Pascual, Talibon had 25 ms. against 30 ms. at full.

Parac said the Boholano farmers now have been very busy of the land preparation and rice planting in irrigated and rainfed areas on this wet cropping season. (WITH REPORT FROM Atoy Cosap)

Flower and Garden Show 2019

Come visit the flower and garden show at the B-APC Grounds, near Tagbilaran City Hall and take a closer look at these beauties all for reasonable prices.

The showcase is part of the month long celebration of the Sandugo Festivities 2019. A Flower and Garden Show is facilitated by the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) to show another vital facet of the agriculture sector – floral gardening.

This is also to help OPA-assisted gardeners organization and other independent sellers of floral gardening industry in Bohol to boost their income and make the industry thrive and develop in the future.

Bayanihan Coop gets Japonica rice seeds

To cater to the needs of tourists and for Boholano farmers to earn more, a close collaboration is made to increase the yield and production areas of Japonica rice in Bohol.

At the helm of the joint effort is the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) through the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) and the Korea Program on International Agriculture (KOPIA) with the strong partnership of the Municipal Local Government Units (MLGUs) and the farmers associations.

The Korean Government has introduced in the Philippines the seven varieties of Japonica rice namely: MS11, Japonica rice 1-6 which are favorites by the tourists especially coming from Asian countries.

Last Thursday, the OPA, KOPIA and MLGU Talibon turned over some 20 bags of Japonica 6 rice to officers and members of the Bohol Bayanihan Multi-Purpose Cooperative through their president Bonifacio Bermoy during the Japonica Seeds Turnover Ceremony and Japonica Rice Production Training held at the Talibon Gymnasium, Talibon, Bohol.

The seeds came from the PGBh and KOPIA Seed Multiplication of Japonica rice in Ubay.

Dr. Woon Goo Ha, Country Director, KOPIA Philippines in the ceremony explained that the seeds should be propagated and distributed to other farmers to expand the planting areas of Japonica rice in Bohol.

Dr. Ha said that Japonica 6 is the suitable variety especially in the second district of the province.

He shared to the Bayanihan Coop officers and members the technology to grow and produce high yield of Japonica.

The KOPIA Country director said the Japonica rice variety has the same characteristics with Hybrid Rice to thrive in the watery land condition or in the irrigated areas.

In terms of fertilizer application, Japonica rice has thesame procedure with Indica rice. Fertilizers are applied before and after planting.

Angelito B. Oroyan, Municipal Agriculturist, Talibon in his message of support said that the LGU Talibon and his office have been very supportive in this endeavor.

In fact he said that in the town of Talibon there were 20 hectares of paddy fields were planted with Japonica last harvest season.

The national awardee Municipal Agriculturist in Talibon urged the Bohol Bayanihan Multi-Purpose Cooperative to strongly engage in the Japonica rice industry to earn big income. Japonica rice has high demands at high price.

Oroyan bared that he earned knowledge on how to grow Japonica through research here and in South Korea and with that the farmers could also refer to him on problems in growing such variety.

In the meantime, Bermoy, leading more than 5,000 members thanked the PGBh, KOPIA and MLGU Talibon for the introduction and turnover of Japonica rice seeds.

He said the 25-year old cooperative with members from Talibon, Trinidad, Getafe, Ubay and Bien Unido would directly benefit from the endeavor.

Bermoy thanked the OPA, KOPIA and the MLGU Talibon for choosing them as the beneficiary of the project.

He said the Cooperative now is tasked to manage the Rice Processing Center (RPC) 2 situated in San Roque, Talibon which is slated to be inaugurated in August.

Bermoy in advance asked the PGBh through OPA to help them seek prospective markets of the milled rice. Investment on palay is ear marked at P2 million once the RPC 2 will be in operation. (AtoyCosap)

CAPTION:

JAPONICA RICE SEEDS TURNOVER. Dr. Woon Goo Ha (left), Country Director, KOPIA Philippines and Angelito B. Oroyan (right), Municipal Agriculturist, Talibon underscore the importance of engaging farming on Japonica rice, while the officers of Bohol Bayanihan Multi-Purpose Cooperative are grateful to the PGBh, KOPIA and MLGU Talibon after handed over with sacks of Japonica rice seeds. Photo LEZYL DIEZ, OPA STAFF

Micro-entreps confident next capitol admin

The micro-entrepreneurs in Bohol are on a high hope that the next administration in the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) under Governor-elect Arthur C. Yap would be very supportive on their plights to uplift their enterprises.

During the two-day midyear assessment and planning workshops conducted last Thursday and Friday at the Level 007, J.A. Clarin St., and at the Conference Hall, Bohol Provincial Capitol Building, New Capitol Site, Cogon, Tagbilaran City, the entrepreneurs enumerated the accomplishments and outlined their plans and programs for the development of their businesses.

The Mabini Federated Rural Improvement Club (RIC) has an ongoing project of Squash Pretzels Processing; Balilihan Association for Women’s Development (BAWOD) has Squash Noodles Production; Bohol MADe-Banana Chips Food Processing; Association of Individuals Moving (AIM) for Progress in Balilihan-Cassava Chips Processing; Catmonan Small Coconut Farmers Organization (SCFO)-Calape-Seaweeds Processing;

Bohol Gardeners and Landscapers Association (BGLA)-Cut Flowers and Ornaments Production; Canjulao League of Women (CLOW) in Jagna-Tableya Processing; Pederasyon sa mga Gagmay’ng Mananagat ug Mag-uuma sa Loon (PEGAMALO)-Bahalina Processing & Marketing Enterprise.

The chairmen and business managers who were most of the participants reported during the assessment and planning workshops that they need necessary financial support from the government through OPA and from the Department of Agriculture (DA) for their business to survive and develop.

They proposed in their three-year plan the expansion of their business buildings, additional budget for hiring of additional workers that would create additional production.

Early this month, Yap met agri-stakeholders and emphasized that his administration would be very supportive to the agriculture sectors so as to produce high yield and helping them not to become the mere farmers but an agri-entrepreneurs.

The governor-elect said that he will continue the program of outgoing Governor Edgar M. Chatto of bringing the impacts of tourism to the countryside so that the farmers would know their responsibilities or tasks to feed not only the 1.3M Boholanos but also the millions of tourists who have come in the province and to be aware of that there are markets on all their products.

During the opening preliminaries in the first day of the enterprise assessment & businesses planning, Helen Igot from the Agribusiness Division- OPA, on her statement of purpose said the activities aim to strengthen the micro-entrepreneurs and identify commodity champions as what Governor-elect Yap has wanted to do of the OPA.

Rosanna G. Lamdagan, chief-Agribusiness Division, OPA said the participants were the prioritized Philippine Rural Development Program-Rural Enterprise Assistance Project (PRDP-REAP) proponents who are processors of various agri-commodities like; banana, squash, coconut, sweet potato and seaweeds. (Atoy Cosap)

Author: Venus Ladaga

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