Bohol has enough Supplies of veggies

The province of Bohol has enough supplies of vegetables amid this time of crisis due to the implementation of
“Intensified Community Quarantine” because of COVID-19.
Assistant Provincial Agriculturist Dr. Larry M. Pamugas said that based on the daily monitoring conducted by the
OPA staff there are no signs that the supplies are dwindling and the prices are still on the range of the ceiling retail
prices set by the Department of Agriculture except the vegetable growing municipalities like Balilihan and
Catigbian, the retail prices are lower ranging from P20 to P40.
Dr. Pamugas said that the shipment of vegetable supplies and other agricultural products from Cebu and Cagayan
has been normal aside from the vegetables coming from Cantaob, Sierra Bullones; Jagna, Duero, Guindulman,
Catigbian, Carmen, Sagbayan, and Balilihan.
Meanwhile, he urged the Boholanos including those spending their “quarantine” time to engage in backyard
gardening in order to have more vegetable production and not only depending on the supplies at the markets.
Rufa Ugay, High Value Commercial Crop Development Program coordinator said that as of now, the available
seeds of pechay, eggplant, kangkong, squash, okra, beans, and ampalaya at the OPA are good only for backyard
gardening.
The seeds were purchased from the supplemental budget for this year worth P1 million while waiting for the
emergency purchase worth P1.5 million of which the bidding has not yet conducted aside from the P500,000 worth
of vegetable seeds appropriation intended for this year.
Ugay disclosed that based on the OPA record, the numbers of beneficiaries of the seeds distribution who have
come personally at the office have been increased which means that more Boholanos now are engaging in planting
vegetables in any other ways such as backyard or containerized gardenings.
Gov. Art C. Yap while underscoring the efforts of our vegetable growers who have been engaging the backyard or
containerized gardenings, strongly urged the Boholanos to plant vegetables in a big areas for additional production
to cater our needs and not only depending on the supplies from other provinces. (Atoy Cosap)
Caption:
VEGETABLE SUPPLIES. Enough vegetable supplies have been regularly displayed at any wet market in the
province of Bohol. These photos are
taken in the public market in Sagbayan, Bohol. Photo by April Regine Inocian, OPA staff