27/08/2025
๐๐-๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐๐-๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ
๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฌ โ The Department of AgricultureโPhilippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) formally handed over a total of over P330 million worth of subprojects to the Province of Bohol during a two-day ceremonial turnover held from August 22 to 23, 2025. The projects include farm-to-market roads, enterprise facilities, and civil works across several municipalities.
Turnover Highlights:
Day 1 โ August 22, 2025
โข Rehabilitation of the Pondol to Candaigan Farm-to-Market Road in Loon
โข Rehabilitation of the Campagao to Cabacnitan Farm-to-Market Road in Bilar
โข Feed mill for the Bohol Feeds Production and Marketing Enterprise in Lagtangan, Sevilla
Day 2 โ August 23, 2025
โข Vegetable Consolidation Facility for the Bohol Highland Vegetables Consolidation and Marketing Enterprise in Guio-ang, Guindulman
โข Bohol Silage Production and Marketing Enterprise in Poblacion, San Miguel
โข Bohol Cassava Production, Consolidation, Processing, and Marketing Enterprise in Carmen
The ceremonial events were led by DA Region 7 Executive Director Angel C. Enriquez, CESO III, and Bohol Governor Erico Aristotle Aumentado. Both officials reflected on the project's journey from its modest beginnings to overcoming implementation challenges and recognized the significant impact of these initiatives on local communities.
In her message, Director Enriquez emphasized the importance of maintaining the facilities and continuing the enterprises' operations. She urged stakeholders to maximize the benefits of the projects, especially for local farmers.
โKaron nga naa na ang project, prove to us that we were right in defending and approving these projects. E prove nato nga daghan pang matabangan na farmers and I hope nga ang source of our raw materials will be coming from our farmers.โ
โ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ. ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.โ
Enriquez also assured beneficiaries of continued technical support from DA to ensure the growth and sustainability of the enterprises.
Local officials and enterprise leaders expressed heartfelt thanks to the DA and PRDP partners and pledged their commitment to keeping the projects functional and sustainable in the long term.
(c) Bexmae Jumao-as, RPCO 7