PGBh to fast track SUHID nominees’ evaluation

The Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) is fast tracking to conduct an evaluation to all nominees of the Suhid sa Malampusong Mag-uumang Bol-anon to come up with the winners which would be the officials nominees for Bohol to the different categories of the Gawad Saka Search at the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office (DA-RFO) 7 in Cebu City.
Helen Igot, section head-Institutional Division Section (IDS) – Agribusiness Division, Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) bared that the DA-RFO7 has been waiting the nominees from Bohol for them to start immediately the evaluation for all the nominees from Siquijor, Negros Oriental, Cebu and Bohol.
Dr. Larry M. Pamugas, Officer-In-Charge, OPA after the 20thUbi Festival which was celebrated last January 28-31, 2020 requested all concerned SUHID evaluators to focus their activities in the evaluations so as the province could submit its nominees to the regional search within this month or early next month.
Since February 3, 2020, the SUHID evaluators from National Irrigation Administration (NIA), Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Bureau of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Provincial Field Office, Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), Provincial Agricultural Technology Coordinating Office – Department of Agriculture (PATCO-DA), Office of the Provincial Veterinarian (OPV), and OPA have been doing the evaluations to the 108 nominees for the 27 categories of the provincial search.
The SUHID categories are the following: Rice Farmer (adopting integrated farming), Outstanding Fisherman, Large Animal Raiser, Small Animal Raiser, Fisherfolks (fresh water fish pond), Rice Technician, Outstanding Farmer (fish culture), Coconut Farmer, Rural Improvement Club, Outstanding Agri-Enterprise for Crops, Outstanding Agri-Enterprise for Fishery, Municipal Agriculture and Fishery Council, Corn Farmer (adopting integrated farming).
Fisherfolk Association, Corn Technician, Farm Family, HVCDP Technician, Livestock Technician, Municipal Agriculturist/ Agricultural Officer, Fishery Technician, HVCC Farmer (vegetable), Hybrid Rice Farmer, Farmer’s Association, Young Farmer, Rural Woman, Banana Farmer, & Outstanding 4-H Club.
The winners of these categories would automatically be the official nominees for Bohol in the GawadSaka Search this year.
Last year Gawad Saka Search, the nominees from Bohol bagged 18 of the close to 30 categories of the search.
The Suhid sa Malampusong Mag-uumang Bol-anon is an annual search in the province of Bohol recognizing and awarding the Boholano farmers who have excelled in their field of agriculture. (Atoy Cosap)

Caption:
SUHID EVALUATION. Rosanna G. Lamdagan, Chief, Agribusiness Division, OPA (3rd from left photo) leads the evaluation of the SUHID nominees for Outstanding Agri-Enterprise for Crops category; the Badiang Self-Help Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BASHMUCO) in Badiang, Anda and Canjulao League of Women (CLOW) in Canjulao, Jagna last Wednesday.