The two-day Bohol Small Seaweed Farmers Congress recently conducted at Water Gate Inn here served as venue for the campaign in conserving and protecting the marine environment of Bohol, while it emphasized the significance of farmers in socio-economic development of Bohol.
In his message, BFAR-7 Regional Director Andres Bojos vowed to facilitate that their group will be represented in the council of seaweed producers.
The congress was also designed to understand the current and future directions of seaweed farming in Danajon Bank and other emerging production area in Bohol; assess the various social, environmental and economic issues affecting the primary stakeholders of seaweed farming, according to the Project Seahorse Foundation (PSF).
It was also aimed at initiating the development of an action agenda that engages relevant stakeholders and contributes to the conservation and sustainable management of socio-economically and biologically important coastal resources in Bohol and provide an arena for key stakeholder groups to explore various mechanisms for dialogue and collaboration.
There were around 120 participants who came from the towns of Talibon as host, Bien Unido, Getafe, Buenavista, Inabanga, Clarin, Tubigon, Calape, Loon, Ubay, Carlos P. Garcia, Anda, Candijay, Mabini, Guindulman, Duero, Jagna, Panglao, and Tagbilaran City.
On behalf of Mayor Juanario Item, Municipal Councilor Jose Wayne Evardo, chairman of the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) Committee on Natural Environment and Agriculture, gave the welcome address.
During the two-day congress, Franco Villaruel of the PSF led the group in identifying the key issues and problems affecting small seaweed farmers in Bohol.
Eleno Evangelista of Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) presented the organizational profile of Bohol Provincial Seaweeds Farmers Association.
Then Vice Governor Julius Caesar Herrera inducted the new set of officers of the Bohol Provincial Seaweeds Farmers Association- -Feleciano Dabasol of Bien Unido, president; Eliseo Betinol of Talibon, vice president; Wilfredo Tubal of Bien Unido, secretary; Nolasco Lego of Carlos P. Garcia, treasurer; Ramon Minguito of Inabanga, auditor; PROs are Nestor Boncales, Bien Unido; Dioscoro Canlobo and Dante Mejias of Getafe.
Herrera encouraged the officers and members of the association to establish their own processing plant and transform their group into a cooperative to establish strength, name and voice in the society.
As chairman of the Provincial Board Committee on Agriculture and Committee on Appropriation, he also vowed to help the organization put up their own seaweeds processing plant in the northern part of Bohol.
Provincial Agriculturist Liza Quirog explained the current thrusts and directions of the provincial government's seaweed production program.
In his message, BFAR-7 Regional Director Andres Bojos vowed to facilitate that their group will be represented in the council of seaweed producers.
The congress was also designed to understand the current and future directions of seaweed farming in Danajon Bank and other emerging production area in Bohol; assess the various social, environmental and economic issues affecting the primary stakeholders of seaweed farming, according to the Project Seahorse Foundation (PSF).
It was also aimed at initiating the development of an action agenda that engages relevant stakeholders and contributes to the conservation and sustainable management of socio-economically and biologically important coastal resources in Bohol and provide an arena for key stakeholder groups to explore various mechanisms for dialogue and collaboration.
There were around 120 participants who came from the towns of Talibon as host, Bien Unido, Getafe, Buenavista, Inabanga, Clarin, Tubigon, Calape, Loon, Ubay, Carlos P. Garcia, Anda, Candijay, Mabini, Guindulman, Duero, Jagna, Panglao, and Tagbilaran City.
On behalf of Mayor Juanario Item, Municipal Councilor Jose Wayne Evardo, chairman of the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) Committee on Natural Environment and Agriculture, gave the welcome address.
During the two-day congress, Franco Villaruel of the PSF led the group in identifying the key issues and problems affecting small seaweed farmers in Bohol.
Eleno Evangelista of Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) presented the organizational profile of Bohol Provincial Seaweeds Farmers Association.
Then Vice Governor Julius Caesar Herrera inducted the new set of officers of the Bohol Provincial Seaweeds Farmers Association- -Feleciano Dabasol of Bien Unido, president; Eliseo Betinol of Talibon, vice president; Wilfredo Tubal of Bien Unido, secretary; Nolasco Lego of Carlos P. Garcia, treasurer; Ramon Minguito of Inabanga, auditor; PROs are Nestor Boncales, Bien Unido; Dioscoro Canlobo and Dante Mejias of Getafe.
Herrera encouraged the officers and members of the association to establish their own processing plant and transform their group into a cooperative to establish strength, name and voice in the society.
As chairman of the Provincial Board Committee on Agriculture and Committee on Appropriation, he also vowed to help the organization put up their own seaweeds processing plant in the northern part of Bohol.
Provincial Agriculturist Liza Quirog explained the current thrusts and directions of the provincial government's seaweed production program.
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