BUGAS BOL-ANON TOPS SALE AT KADIWA SA PLAZA
KADIWA SA PLAZA. The Bugas Bol-anon, produced by the Provincial Government of Bohol through its Palay Buy-
Back Program , registers highest sale from among all commodities sold at the Kadiwa sa Plaza last Thursday. Photo
by Mark Lester Uy, OPA staff.
Bugas Bol-anon, the pure Boholano rice produced by the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) through its
Palay Buy-Back Program that can be bought at P36 per kilogram (kg.) registered the highest sale from among all
commodities sold at the Kadiwa sa Plaza last Friday.
Liza Flores, Head-Provincial Economic Enterprise Management Office (PEEMO) in the provincial government
who personally managed in selling said, the buying public would prefer to buy the Bugas Bol-anon because its good
quality and cheap price.
In the whole day of selling, the sales of the Bugas Bol-anon would reach P 166, 500, which was higher than the
sales from other eight exhibitors coming from PNB/KGB Multi-Purpose Cooperative in Katipunan, Carmen;
Valencia; Guio-ang Agrarian Reform Community Beneficiary, Guindulman; Calape; Matin-ao Vegetable Growers
Association, Matin-ao, Sierra-Bullones; Vegetable Corridor in Guindulman; San Isidro; and Antequera.
Flores stated that their available packing sizes are 5kg at P180, 25kg (P900), and 50kg (P1, 800).
She emphasized that Bugas Bol-anon can be bought for home consumption only at the Kadiwa every first and
third Thursday of the Month; Ground Floor, New Capitol Building; and, at the Study Hub, CPG Park in front of the
Bohol Wisdom School.
“They are not allowed to resell, allowing more Boholanos to buy the cheap rice”, she added.
The Provincial Palay Buy-Back Program of the (PGBh) under the administration of Governor Erico Aristotle C.
Aumentado and Vice-Governor Nick Besas supports local farmers by purchasing part of their harvest at fair prices
P20 to P22/kg with 14% moisture content.
The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) through Provincial Agriculturist LizaM. Quirog is tasked for the
purchasing of palay from Boholano rice farmers, drying, milling and packing. While, the PEEMO is responsible for
Marketing.
The OPA is now preparing for another procurement of palay as the months of March and April are the peak
harvesting period for the more than 58, 000 hectares of planted rice areas in Bohol. By Atoy Cosap