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VERMICULTURE IN SAN ISIDRO

  • Tuesday, 09 June 2009 14:25

 
Mayor Apolinar Gumanid explains to visitors how organic soil is produced through vermiculture. The Municipal LGU has purchased a Php 350,000 shredder to speed up the process. San Isidro is the first municipality in the province to declare itself as organic farming area. The Bohol Local Development Foundation (BLDF) is committed to assist the municipality increase the number of barangays and farmers adopting organic agriculture methodologies despite the phaseout of donor assistance under the Poverty Reduction through Organic Farming Systems (PRoFarms) project funded by the Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Program (PACAP). The municipality intends to organize the Federation of Organic Farmers Association within the year.

ORGANIC FARMING IN SAN ISIDRO

  • Tuesday, 09 June 2009 14:22

 


 

Mayor Apolinar Gumanid, second from right, is shown here on the town’s organic demonstration and production farm. The farm will be used by the Municipal LGU to train farmers from the 11other barangays and eventually form during the year the Federation of Organic Farmers Association. San Isidro is the first municipality in Bohol to declare itself an organic agriculture area. Under the Community-Managed Eco-Cultural Tourism (CoMET) project, funded by the Philippines-Australia Assistance Program (PACAP), the Bohol Local Development Foundation (BLDF) has provided technical assistance in training the Poblacion Organic Farmers Association and in setting up the municipal farm as both a demonstration and production facility. Photo shows, from left: Journalist Paul Vistal; Vice Mayor Eustaquio Flor; Domiciano Formentera, BLDF trustee and community organizer; and Eulalie Albuladora, BLDF Executive Director.

SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING IN ALBURQUERQUE

  • Monday, 08 June 2009 07:54

Nestor M. Pestelos, president of the Bohol Local Development Foundation (BLDF) stressed the importance of sustainability planning in a recent workshop with several people’s organizations involved in implementing the three-year Community-Managed Eco-Tourism (CoMET) project, which ends his year. These organizations include the Ponong Calamay Makers Association, Basacdacu Loom Weavers Association, and Sta. Felomena Broom Makers Association. The project is funded through the Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Program. BLDF will continue to support these organizations through its microfinance facility and provide technical advice and capability-building inputs to both POs and the LGUs in the project area.

LGU SUPPORT TO PACAP PROJECT

  • Saturday, 06 June 2009 09:31

Anda Mayor Paulino Amper assures officers and representatives of Bacong Women’s Association, Candabong Farmers Association and the Badiang Fishermen Association that the Municipal and Barangay LGUs will support the Community-Managed Eco-Tourism project despite the phase-out of AusAID assistance starting next month. The three-year project under the Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Program (PACAP) ends on June 30. In a meeting last June 3, the Municipal Poverty Reduction Action Team (MPRAT) headed by Aida Visaya, municipal planning and development coordinator. The Bohol Local Development Foundation (BLDF) has been developing tour destinations in the municipality in coordination with the local tourism office and the project secretariat, the Bohol Association of NGOs (BANGON).

PROJECT ASSESSMENT IN ALBURQUERQUE

  • Thursday, 04 June 2009 10:43
 
PROJECT ASSESSMENT IN ALBURQUERQUE: Mayor Cirilo P. Jalad of Alburquerque welcomes the officers of three people’s organizations involved in implementing the Community-Managed Eco-Tourism project, due to end June 30 this year. The project is implemented by the Bohol Local Development Foundation ith funding support from the Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Program PACAP). Held last June 1, the meeting identified issues that must be addressed by he municipal and barangays, as well as the POs, to ensure continuation of activities espite the phase-out of donor assistance. Mayor Jalad pledged continuing support, while BLDF President Nestor Pestelos said the organization would assist the LGUs eplicate the project to the rest of the 11 barangays.

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