The year of the water snake was started by a very important activity especially for the Office of the Municipal Agriculturist which spearheaded the different programs and projects that helped transformed the lives of the marginal sector of society of the Municipality of Calubian. A planning of the different programs which will be implemented this current year has been identified in consultation with the different agriculture enthusiast including the barangay kagawad on agriculture in every barangay as well as the leaders of the different farmer and fishermen associations and cooperative. The office has adopted the so-called bottom-up planning and budgeting approach.
The activity was started with the speeches of the different heads of the different commodity explaining the participants especially the kagawads to religiously submit the required monthly planting and harvesting reports.
The distribution of 50 pcs laminated trapal to the rice farmers followed with the Hon. Mayor Doroteo N. Palconit personally administered the distribution assisted by the Municipal Agriculturist Mr. Agustin L. Dignos.
After the distribution, the mayor has delivered his speech to the participants stressing the need to work together as association since assistance coming from the government is given through registered associations or cooperative.
After taking the lunch, the group proceeded to the planning proper. There was a regrouping conducted separating the representative of the different sector such as corn, rice, livestock, fisheries, high-valued crops development project as well as the multi-sectoral group.
After coming up with a plan, the different sector has presented their plan to the group.
