ORGANIC GIANT PEPPER IN SAGBAYAN
ORGANIC GIANT PEPPER IN SAGBAYAN: Photo shows Pedro Bacos (right), former barangay captain and member of the San Antonio Organic Farmers Association in Sagbayan showing a rich harvest of organically grown chillies on his farm. Others in photo are, from left: Eulalie Albuladora, project coordinator of Poverty Reduction through Organic Farming Systems (PROFARMS) project ; Mario Omac, manager of the Demo Organic Farm in Laya, Baclayon; Dr. Jude Alon, BLDF consultant on organic agriculture; Eduardo Gatillo, farm worker from Laya; and Moises Alfuerto, PROFARMS community organizer. Helen Sariga, municipal agriculturist, works with CO Alfuerto in assisting farmers to adopt organic agriculture methods. Farmer Bacos is able to sell 50 kilos of organic chillies each week at the Sagbayan public market at Php 100 per kilo from his half-ha recently -converted organic farm in San Antonio, Sagbayan. He plans to expand the area planted to chillies on his 6-ha. Property. The project is implemented by the Bohol Local Development Foundation (BLDF) under the AusAID-funded Philippine-Australia Community Assistance Program (PACAP).