Cebu tops farm family congress
The Province of Cebu bested other provinces in Central Visayas to win as Over-all Champion (Province Category) in the recently concluded 27th Regional Farm Family Congress held in Bogo City.
The Regional Farm Family Congress is a 3-day event participated by different rural based organizations such as the 4-H Club, Rural Improvement Club, Farmers Associations and Fisherfolks from the four provinces in Central Visayas and the cities of Bayawan, Dumaguete as well as City of Bogo which hosted the event for the first time from April 19 to 21.
The congress organized by the Department of Agriculture has as keynote speaker, Department of Agriculture 7 Regional Executive Director Atty. Salvador Diputado. He talked about the future that is now in the present agriculture of our country, which is the introduction of applications and websites provided by Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol in support of President Duterte’s vision to remove the guesswork in Philippine Farming.
Attorney Diputado finished his speech with emphasis on one of th eAgenda of Secretary Piñol’s 10-point Agenda which is to “Make food affordable and attainable.” He made reference to a particular website, farmersguidemap.gov.ph, which is the Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative in Agriculture or AMIA National Color-Coded Agricultural Guide (NCCAG) Map; an interactive colorcoded map that identifies the crops that are most suitable in agricultural parcels, and overlays soil properties, elevation, rainfall pattern, temperature and more importantly, the projected climate-induced multi-hazards.
A number of contests were held to spice up the threeday event like the Galing Mais, Vegetable Pickles Contest, Folk Dance, Doble Kara, Net Mending, Handicraft Making from Non-Biodegradable Materials, Empowered Quiz Bee and a Singing Contest.
The winner for this year’s 4-H Empowered Quiz Bee will represent the region in the upcoming National Farm Family Congress which will be held in the Province of Zamboanga del Norte in May.