BOHOLANO OUTSTANDING AGRICULTURAL ACHIEVERS. The Boholano Outstanding Agricultural Achievers awardees are all smiles after receiving awards during ceremonies of the Outstanding Agricultural Achievers awards Search sponsored by DA-RFO7 last Monday at the Bayfront Hotel, Cebu City.
Foto: MARICEL C. BARLOSO
STILL DRIED-UP BAYONGAN DAM. Engr. Erwin Reños (left) of the Bureau of Soils and water Management (BSWM) and Leon Parac Jr. (center) of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) take a break at the Crops and Productivity Division OPA under division chief Gertrudes Fuentes after conducting a pre-cloud seeding assessment and site validations at the four major dams and other agricultural areas in Bohol last Tuesday and Wednesday. Assessment revealed that the experienced rains last week did not elevate water levels at Bayongan Dam in San Miguel, Malinao Dam (Pilar), Capayas Dam (Ubay), and the Talibon Dam (Talibon). Recommendations pointed out the need to conduct cloudseeding operations to save the standing crop and ensure rice planting in the next dry cropping season.
In realizing their vision which is share agricultural Technologies,” the South Korean Government through the Korea Program on International Agriculture (KOPIA) and the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) through the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) has been conducted the series of lectures for Japonicarice farmers in Bohol aiming at producing good quality and high yield Japonica rice. There were more than 50 farmers participated during the one –day lecture last Tuesday held at the Montesuerte Gym, Carmen, Bohol coming from Lucky Mountain Farmers Association, and Montesuerte Small Farmers and Irrigators Association in Montesuerte, Carmen, Bohol.
A cloud seeding operation will be conducted in order to save the palay harvest level threatened by the lack of rains during the past months.
“This is just a beginning.” A noteworthy pronouncement of the Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel T. Piñol during the launching of the Bohol Fish Market and TienDA last Thursday at the Bohol Agricultural Promotion Center (BAPC), Dao District, Tagbilaran City.
RENEWING THE CALL. Governor Edgar M. Chatto has reminded anew the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) of settling the tone of agriculture to be readied to feed the increasing numbers of populations once the new Panglao Bohol International Airport operates this year.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. Gov. Edgar M. Chatto turns over the check worth P482,000 to Bohol Provincial Seaweeds Farmers Producers Cooperative (BPSFPC) through its Chairman Francisco Caparas, Jr. as the first tranche of the P964,000 financial assistance from the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) for the purpose of establishing a Fish Trading Center as a source of cheaper fish and other fishery products.
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol is here on Tuesday as speaker during the opening program of the Sandugo Agri-Fair 2018 at 1pm to be held at the Island City Mall Activity Center.
The Provincial government of Bohol (PGBh) through the countryside development Program-Purok Power Movement (CDP-PPM) has fast tracked the conduct of the HEAT IT Medical-Dental and Agri Caravan and Handover and Oath-Taking Ceremonies of Sectoral Working Committee Volunteers in the different remote barangays in Bohol.
The Department of Agriculture Regional field Office (DA RFO) 7 in collaboration with the provincial Agriculture Technology Coordinating Office (PATCO), Office of the municipal Agriculturist (OPA), Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO), LGU Trinidad and Trinidad Multi-Purpose Cooperative (TMPC) launched the 30 hectares cassava Model Farm in the Municipality of Trinidad last June 21, 2018.