BOATech in Ubay remains a place for endemic crops, etc.

The Bohol Organic Agriculture Technology (BOATech) in Gabi, Ubay, Bohol remains to be the place of endemic crops, experimental site, source of planting materials, and training center for farming especially organic inputs production.

Assistant Provincial Agriculturist Dr. Larry M. Pamugas who led the employees of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) who conducted the CIVAC activity at BOATech last Wednesday said the endemic root crops such as balyacag, cot and bot that saved the Boholanos during famine when long drought occurred in the Philippines in the 1970s and 1980s, which are threatened now have been planted in BOATech.

Pamugas said BOATech is one of the facilities of the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) with an areas of 15 hectares (has.) also planted with rice, corn, cassava, coconut, superior and native cardava banana.

He added that BOATech is the only approved source of scion groves for lanzones especially longkong variety and rambutan and a good source of planting materials for the newly established scion groves of durian, pomelo and mangosteen.

Moreover, it is the motor pool of farm machineries of the province wherein some structures had been established such as Natural Farming Technology System (NFTS) Building, NFTS Fermentation. Building, BIO-Nitrogen Lab, Trichoderma Lab, Vermicompost, Staff House, Copra Dryer, and Elevated Water Tank.

Annually, the OPA has been conducting team building to develop camaraderie, and good relationship among the employees.

In BOATech, they facilitated the working of the specific tasks: preparing and mixing of soil media, bagging of soil media, and fertilizer application at greenhouse (vegetable plants) area.

This facility of the PGBh is situated adjacent to the 100 has. of land owned by the Department of Agriculture (DA) wherein the Bohol Experimental Station (BES) is located.

BOATech is an income generating facility of which the sales of the agricultural production would go directly to the coffers of the PGBh through the OPA.

Gov. Edgar M. Chatto lauded the OPA in maintaining the status of the BOATech as Training Center for farming especially organic inputs production and also experimental site for mushrooms, rice, corn, ubi, cassava, camote and other root crops. (Atoy Cosap)

OPA TEAM BUILDING. The employees of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) led by Assistant Provincial Agriculturist Dr. Larry M. Pamugas during a team building activity at Bohol Organic Agriculture Technology (BOATECH) Center, Gabi, Ubay, Bohol last Wednesday. Also facilitated were the working of preparing and mixing of soil media, bagging of soil media, and fertilizer application at Greenhouse (vegetable plants) area.