GUV awards best school and household farmers

Bohol’s model school vegetable raisers and household farmers harvested honors from the provincial government in awarding rites led by Gov. Edgar Chatto at the ICM Activity Center in Tagbilaran City on Tuesday, April 3, 2018.

They are the provincial and district winners of the yearly searches for the Modelong Gulayan sa Paaralan and Bahay Kubo FAITH-HOPE-CHARITY Best Practices.

The FAITH means Food Always In The Home; HOPE, Herbal Ornamental Plant Enhancement; and CHARITY, Chicken Always In The Yard.

The food raising programs are initiatives of the provincial government under Chatto through the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA), which is headed by its officer-in-charge, Larry Pamugas.

At the same time, the programs raise community awareness of the essence of growing food through school gardening and backyard farming to help ensure food sufficiency right at the household level.

The awardees also received cash prizes from the province.

GULAYAN SA PAARALAN. These are the Modelong Gulayan sa Paaralan 2017 district and provincial winners, by schools:

FIRST DISTRICT – Elementary Containerized: 1st-Booy Elementary School, Tagbilaran City; 2nd-Pagnitoan Elementary School, Maribojoc; 3rd-San Isidro Elementary School, Calape. Elementary Rural: 1st-Paaralang Primarya ng Calimpong, Albur; 2nd-Paaralang Primarya ng Triple Union, Catigbian; 3rd-Paaralang Elementarya ng Banlasan, Calape. Secondary Rural: 1st-Busao National High School, Maribojoc; 2nd-Calape National High School, Calape; 3rd-Lourdes High School, Cortes. Secondary Containerized: 1st-Cong. Pablo Malasarte National High School, Balilihan; 2nd-Dr. Cecilio Putong National High School, Tagbilaran City.

SECOND DISTRICT – Elementary Rural: 1st-Baogo Elementary School, Inabanga; 2nd-San Jose Elementary School, Getafe; 3rd-San Agustin Elementary School, Sagbayan. Elementary Containerized: 1st-Aguining Elementary School, CPG; 2nd-Handumon Elementary School, Getafe; 3rd-Talibon II Central Elementary School, Talibon. Secondary Rural: 1st-Campao Oriental High School, Getafe; 2nd-Inocencio B. Mendez High School, CPG; 3rd-Nahawan High School, Clarin. Secondary Containerized: 1st-Bonbonan High School, CPG; 2nd-Eugenio V. Amores High School, Sagbayan; 3rd-San Jose National High School, Talibon.

THIRD DISTRICT – Elementary Rural: 1st-Bangwalog Elementary School, Duero; 2nd-Abachanan Elementary School, Sierra Bullones; 3rd-Rosariohan Elementary School, Batuan. Elementary Containerized: 1st-Buayahan Guinsularan Elementary School, Duero; 2nd-Triple Union Elementary School, Loboc; 3rd-San Agustin Elementary School, Sierra Bullones. Secondary Rural: 1st-Calabasita National High School, Jagna; 2nd-Cambuyo National High School, Garcia Hernandez; 3rd-Duero National High School, Duero. Secondary Containerized: 1st-Guinsularan National High School, Duero; 2nd-Bugsoc National High School, Sierra Bullones; 3rd-Canhayopon National High School, Dimiao.

PROVINCIAL WINNERS – Elementary Rural: Bangwalog Elementary School, Duero. Elementary Containerized: Booy Elementary School, Tagbilaran City. Secondary Rural: Calabasita National High School, Jagna. Secondary Containerized: Cong. Pablo Malasarte National High School, Balilihan. Technical Vocational Containerized: San Pascual Agricultural High School, Ubay. Technical Vocational Rural: Sikatuna Technical Vocational High School, Talibon.

The model school vegetable farming program of the province has been in partnership with the Department of Education (DepED) Bohol and Tagbilaran City Divisions under Supts. Wilfreda Bongalos and Virgilia Zapanta, respectively, and Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Office.

BAHAY KUBO WINNERS. These are the Bahay Kubo FAITH-HOPE-CHARITY winners:

FIRST DISTRICT – 1st-Nicanor Blanco, Santo Niño, Balilihan; 2nd-Leopoldo Banquil Jr., Labuon, Calape; 3rd-Lucretio Coralde, Tinibgan, Maribojoc.

SECOND DISTRICT – 1st-Genaro Cambangay, Cambangay Norte, San Miguel; 2nd-Raul Dupalco, San Vicente, Ubay; 3rd-Antonio Cayas, Buacao, Clarin.

THIRD DISTRICT – 1st-Justiniano Celeres, San Carlos, Pilar; 2nd-Helaria Ramin, Bugho, Loboc; 3rd-Anabele Ranis, Bangwalog, Duero.

PROVINCIAL WINNER – Nicanor Blanco, Santo Niño, Balilihan.

During the same honoring, the DA-7 had its own awards for these Bohol winners: Open Field/Rural Gardening: 1st-Baogo Elementary School, Inabanga; 2nd-San Jose Elementary School, Talibon; 3rd-Bangwalog Elementary School, Duero. Open Field/Rural High School: 1st-Calabasita National High School, Jagna; 2nd-Campagao Oriental National High School, Getafe; 3rd-Cambuyo National High School, Garcia Hernandez. Rural Tech Voc: Sikatuna Technical Vocational High School, Talibon. Containerized/Urban Elementary Schools: 1st-Booy Elementary School, Tagbilaran City; 2nd- Aguining Elementary School, CPG; 3rd-Handumon Elementary School, Getafe. Containerized/Urban High School: 1st-Cong. Pablo Malasarte National High School, Balilihan. 2nd-Dr. Cecilio Putong National High School, Tagbilaran City; 3rd-Guinsularan National High School, Duero. Containerized/Urban Tech Voc: San Pascual Agricultural High School, Ubay.

Led by its regional executive director, Salvador Diputado, the DA was represented in the awarding by Susan Kintanar, regional HVCDP focal person.

FRUIT SEED, FISH CONTESTS LAUNCHED. Chatto launched also during the awarding of two more annual competitions, the Kinadaghanang Liso and Palaisdaan sa Paaralan, for 2018.

The contests are still in coordination with the DepEd Bohol and Tagbilaran City Divisions and DA-7, with the participation this time of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) under its head, Leo Bongalos.

Pamugas said the said contest encourages the schools or their students to collect as many fruit seeds, which will be submitted to his office for weighing to determine the quantity of the collection in one year.

As in the existing competitions, cash prizes will be given to the winners who collect the highest quantity of fruit seeds.

The seeds will be propagated at the nurseries of the OPA for fruit planting materials that are always available for distribution province-wide, Pamugas said.

Chatto said the contest not just encourages the school children to eat more fruits and earn the seeds. It also pursues the thrust of the province to grow fruit trees for economic and environmental values.

Alongside eco-tourism and information communications technology, agriculture stays as one of Bohol’s major economic pillars. (Ven rebo Arigo)