CALUBIAN- RECIPIENT OF ATI-TIER 2 PROJECT

Under the Agriculture and Fishery Modernization Act (AFMA), the Local Government Units are responsible of providing direct extension services to the farmers and fishers to increase farm productivity but it is such a gigantic task especially for LGUs with highest poverty incidence to do this.  It is presumed that investing for the poor will yield greater impact that can be attributable to the interventions that shall be provided.  Extension, therefore takes a concerted effort, hence DA-ATI must come in. 

This was the overview shared by our speaker during the orientation seminar on the implementation of the ATI-Tier 2 Project held at Hostel, VSU, ViSCA at Baybay City conducted last May 2-5, 2017. The project is aimed to improve farm productivity of the 22 poorest provinces of the country through provision of high-impact extension interventions. Leyte is considered one of the poorest of the poor provinces thus Calubian was among the municipality-recipient.

The Office of the Municipal Agriculturist of the Municipality of Calubian is the implementing arm of the project. It has started its implementation through direct consultation with the prospective beneficiaries through Focus Group Discussion (FGD). Individual preferred livelihood were identified by each beneficiary and list of supplies and materials were produced by them. Then it was followed by a baseline survey to benchmark the  economic standing of the beneficiaries before the project started. Here are some photo-documentation of the different activities in relation to the implementation of the project;

ATI Orientation:

During the FGD and Baseline survey with Felamay Gacho, ATI Community Organizer:

LOCATION OF BENEFICIARIES FOR THE ATI-TIER 2:

TRAINING ON WING OYSTER PRODUCTION CONDUCTED IN CALUBIAN

           Last March 7-8, 2017 experts coming from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) assisted by the personnel from Office of the Municipal Agriculturist in Calubian  had conducted training on the culture of wing oyster. The said seminar was conducted at the Brgy Hall of Brgy Pangpang and was participated in by the members of the fishermen association of Brgys Juson, Pangpang and Abanilla.

          The wing oyster (Pteria penguin) is a species of bivalve which can be successfully grown in the sea waters of the Municipality of Calubian due to its presence in the wild. It is a kind of oyster commonly used for the production of pearl.

          The seminar started with a lecture inside the Brgy Hall with participants of five fishermen per barangay previously mentioned attentively listened to the speakers. After the lecture, the actual preparation of the materials for the project were set up at the basketball court fronting the Brgy Hall. The following were the photo-documentation of the seminar;

 The Lecture Proper

The setting-up of the project

The Participants

The Facilitator

VALENTINES PARTY- A WAY TO BOND LGU EMPLOYEES

The Local Chief Executive of the Municipality of Calubian Hon. Doroteo N. Palconit  had some ways to bond the LGU employees to develop closer relationship with each other. Personnel from the different departments were mingling among themselves just to have a closer ties  which is necessary especially when extending services to the common clientele which are the marginal sector of the society.  This first quarter of the year, LGU personnel bonding was done during the Valentines Day. The activity was opened with a Holy Mass with Fr Bedel Mocorro as the mass presider.

The Holy Mass

The LGU Choir

          After the Holy Mass dinner followed sponsored by the LGU.

The banquet- sharing of blessings to everyone...

          After the dinner a short program followed  by giving bouquet of flowers by the male department heads to their spouses. The wives were so amazed by the surprises prepared  for them. After giving the flowers, a royal dance followed....

The giving of bouquet of flowers

The Royal Dance....

The inspirational message by the Mayor...

           The Valentines Day celebration has opened the opportunity to raise funds to be donated to the victims of earthquake in Surigao City. With the income raised from Curacha dances, the LGU has accumulated a total amount of more than 33,000.00 which was course through the church which will be given through the Diocese of Surigao. Much of the personnel volunteered to dance the curacha to raise more funds.

 Engr Matutes-Mrs Eamiguel curacha showdown...

The LCE had given his share....and the other personnel too...

The funds....

           The finale activity was the parlor games which were participated in by the different personnel and were facilitated by the Office of the Municipal Agriculturist....

The rolling of orange by banging the hanging banana...

The paper dance...."the success of winning is in the clinging"...

The success of the activity is through this LEADERS...

DEMONSTRATION ON THE USE OF TILLER-CULTIVATOR....

Just today, February 21, 2017 personnel from DA Regional Office 8 in coordination with Harbest Agribusiness Corporation  had conducted a demonstration to recipients coming from Garrido Farmers Association of Brgy Garrido on how to operate a tiller-cultivator. This simple machine is part of Farm Mechanization Program awarded to farmers association in the municipality.  GFA of Brgy Garrido is a SCoPSA (Sustainable Corn Production in Sloping Area)  beneficiary under the Corn banner program of Agriculture.

Field personnel and farmers in action....

JOINT CULMINATION PROGRAM FOR RICE AND CORN CONDUCTED

It was last February 1, 2017 that the Office of the Municipal Agriculturist (OMA) of the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Calubian had conducted a joint culmination program for two technical demonstration for rice and corn which were conducted in two different locations, at Brgy Villalon and Brgy Guadalupe. Farmers were trained on new production technologies which could assure increase productivity for farmers for both crops. For rice techno-demo, the cooperator was Mr Arnelio  Arsenio of Brgy Villalon whose farm was located near the breeding center of CLAD. See the following photo-documentation below;

Preparation of rice seedlings for the transplanting.

Promotion of proper planting distance is necessary

to ensure that mechanical weeder can be easily used

during the weeding process.

Manual transplanting of seedling was conducted by

the participants.

Proper way of rice production ensures good harvest.

          For corn production, the area utilized for the technical demonstration  was owned by  Mr Romulo dela Cruz  Mondes. Farmers coming from Brgy Igang, Dulao, Tagharigue  and Guadalupe were participants of this training. The following activities were conducted in the field;

After the Agro-Ecosystem Analysis (AESA) in the field,

participants meticulously prepared and transferred their 

data on the Manila paper ready for presentation and

critiquing.

The presentation of outputs....

Following good management practice for corn

production,  it was assured that crop could grow

in its optimum or maximum growth...

The product from a techno-demo.....

PHOTO-DOCUMENTATION DURING THE CULMINATION PROGRAM;

UPDATING FARMERS MASTER LIST FOR DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES

Agriculture is one of the important sector in-charge  for the production of basic needs of the populace including the production crops and animal products. To identify the key players involve in the different activities of agriculture, the government tried to conduct extensive survey of farmers during the National Farmers Registry System (NFRS) spearheaded by the Department of Agriculture. Geo-tagging of the different farmer structures was included as one major activity. In later part, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) had also conducted its own version of agricultural survey known as the Registry System for Basic Sector on Agriculture (RSBSA) . However  the survey had some limitations since much of the farmers were not included in the enumeration. Thus the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 8 (letter inserted below)  had issued a letter dated January 11, 2017 urging municipal agriculture offices to conduct updating of the list of farmers in the municipalities.

Last February 3 to 17, the personnel of the office of the municipal agriculturist had started conducting a barangay to barangay survey of the farmers. In behalf of our entire agriculture staff, we would like to send our warmest thanks to the different barangay officials who had extended their full support of the program. Below are some documentations of the activities;