Food Basket of Caraga RegionBUGAS

1. Rice

The access of Support to Emergency and LivelihoodAssistance Program (SELAP) fund from the Department ofAgriculture was a result of the EBP Economic Sector'scollaborative effort through its Chairperson Mr. ChristopherH. Lindo. The “Boosted Utilization of Grains in Agusan delSur” (BUGAS) was one of the projects that had beenallocated with P6M as an augmentation for hybrid riceseeds subsidy.

Support projects andservices were continuouslyprovided in coordination witht h e D e p a r t m e n t o fAgriculture, line agenciesand rice seed companies.T h e s e i n c l u d e t h eestablishment of TechnoDemo to showcase hybridproduct ion technology,conduct of Farmer-ledE x t e n s i o n T r a i n i n g ,provision of soft loan for theinstallation of small scaleirrigation projects like theins ta l l a t i on o f PumpIrrigation System for OpenSource (P ISOS) andShallow Tube Wells (STW),provision of pre-and post-harvest facilities, multi-purpose drying pavementmini-warehouse amongothers. These were alsosupported with the conductof technical briefings and

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“Kapehan sa Uma”, free soilanalysis, broadcast programdubbed as “university-on-t h e - a i r a n d r e g u l a rstakeholders' forum. It isnoteworthy that the officehad initiated the realizationof marketing assistance thruRice Consolidation Centersin four municipalities of LaPaz, San Francisco, Trento& Esperanza. Aside fromthese, a search for HighestYielder to motivate morefarmers to engage in hybridrice production. Table 4 wasa result of the searchconducted for 3 Hybrid Ricevarieties.

W i t h a l l t h e s einterventions, Table 1 posteda production of 228,935MTfrom the 61,839 has. with anaverage yield of 3.7 MT/haboth inbred and hybridvarieties. The municipalityof Bayugan contributedmuch to the accomplishmenthaving the largest aeaplanted and harvestedfollowed by Prosperidad &Bunawan as shown inTable 2. Though this year’sproduction is a little bit lowerthan that of last year, still, thep r o v i n c e e x h i b i t e d aremarkable surplus of72 ,287 MT mak ing i tsufficient for rice by 194%(Table 3).

Table 1 Table 3

AREA PLANTED AND PRODUCTION OF PALAY PLANTING/HARVESTING/PRODUCTION

PALAY PROVINCEWIDE CY 2006

2003-2006

Area Production Average

(has.) (MT) Yield/ha.

2003 49,253 174,040 3.5

2004 50,241 184,275 3.7

2005 55,803 222,721 4.0

2006 61,839 228,935 3.7

Year

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50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

2003 2004 2005 2006

Year

Area Planted & Production of Palay Provincewide

2003-2006

Area (has.) Production (MT)

Table 3

RICE - Commodity Balance Sheet

CY 2003 - 2006

Year Production Consumption Surplus Sufficiency

(MT) (MT) (Deficit) Level (%)

2003 111,386 60,756 50,630 183

2004 117,936 64,453 53,483 183

2005 142,541 66,056 76,485 216

2006 148,807 76,520 72,287 194

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20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

160,000

2003 2004 2005 2006

Year

RICE - COM M ODITY BALANCE SHEET

CY 2003-2006

Production (MT) Consumption (MT) Surplus (Deficit)

Table 2

AREA PLANTED, HARVESTED & PRODUCTION

PER MUNICIPALITY

CY 2006

Municipality Planted Harvested Prodn.

(has.) (has.) (MT)

Sibagat 73 73 254

Bayugan 10,330 10,330 42,874

Prosperidad 8,633 8,633 32,679

San Francisco 5,622 5,622 18,865

Rosario 1,874 1,874 6,355

Bunawan 7,744 7,744 31,463

Trento 5,292 5,292 27,558

Sta. Josefa 4,240 4,240 12,074

Veruela 7,210 7,210 24,478

Loreto 1,764 1,764 3,430

La Paz 1,417 1,417 4,667

Talacogon 1,124 1,124 4,359

San Luis 916 916 2,232

Esperanza 5,600 5,600 17,647

Total 61,839 61,839 228,935

Per capita consumption in 2006 is computed

at 123 kgs. based on latest data from BAS

while 2003-2005 is at 105 kgs.

Mr. Antonio of San Francisco got

the highest yield of 11.47 MT/ha.

With Mestizo 1 Hybric Rice.

Table 4.

HYBRID RICE HIGHEST YIELDERS

CS May - October, 2006

Yield/ha.

(MT)

MESTIZO 1

Mr. Vicente Antonio San Francisco 11.47

BIGANTE

Mr. Dionesio Dahan Bayugan 9.85

SL-8

Mr. Dario Pagulong Bayugan 7.98

Name of Farmer Location

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2. Corn

Corn program in the province is divided into cluster andnon cluster areas. Cluster areas, cover the municipalities ofBayugan, Esperanza, Prosperidad, Trento and Sta. Josefa.While non-cluster areas include the municipalities of Sibagat,Talacogon, San Francisco, Rosario, Bunawan, Veruela, Loreto,La Paz and San Luis.

The total effective area planted to corn province wide is24,335 hectares disaggregated into 5,280 hectares for yellowcorn and 19,055 hectares for white corn. Annual production is70,579 MT (Table 5) of which yellow corn obtained the productionof 21,877 MT with an average of 4.1 MT and 48,702 MT with an

average of 2.5 MT forwhite corn. The totalfarmers served are16,405. Table 6showed the municipalityof Trento which has thehighest production fory e l l o w c o r n w h i l eProsperidad for thewhite corn.

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10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

80,000

2003 2004 2005 2006

Year

CORN HARVESTING AND PRODUCTION

2003-2006

Area (has.) Production (MT)

Table 6

AREA PLANTED AND PRODUCTION OF CORN BY MUNICIPALITY

2006

Yellow Corn White Corn

Municipality Area (ha.) Prod'n. Farmers Area (ha.) Prod'n. Farmers

Planted Harvest- (MT) Served Planted Harvest- (MT) Served

ed (No.) ed (No.)

Sibagat 2,820 2,820 5,543 2,453

Bayugan 16 16 67 9 2,284 2,284 6,852 1,522

Prosperidad 6 6 25 3 2,309 2,309 6,927 1,817

San Francisco 269 269 372 212

Rosario 145 145 544 102 339 339 874 252

Bunawan 432 432 1,512 220 552 552 1,380 508

Trento 1,864 1,864 7,828 1,052 1,051 1,051 3,153 700

Sta. Josefa 1,377 1,377 5,783 1,198 280 280 700 249

Veruela 207 207 725 50 803 803 2,008 612

Loreto 88 88 330 42 947 947 2,368 631

La Paz 325 325 1,219 142 1,464 1,464 3,660 1,003

Talacogon 283 283 708 188

San Luis 1,320 1,320 3,300 1,163

Esperanza 820 820 3,844 110 4,334 4,334 10,857 2,167

Total 5,280 5,280 21,877 2,928 19,055 19,055 48,702 13,477

Table 5

AREA PLANTED & PRODUCTION OF CORN

2003-2006

Area Production Average

(has.) (MT) Yield/ha.

2003 23,932 54,290 2.3

2004 23,842 63,061 2.6

2005 25,734 71,935 2.8

2006 24,335 70,579 2.9

Year

A post with Mayor Hitgano, MA Marzo, Agricultural

Technologist & Farmers during corn harvest at Trento.

3. Interventions/Support Projects/Support Services

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3.1 Seed Production/Distribution

a. Rice

able to produce1,938 bags of registeredseeds, 10,491 bags ofcertified seeds and 851bags of hybrid seeds

Hybrid seeds produced by PhilRice which was distributed bythe office were limited only to RC 72H (Mestizo 1) and RC 116H(Mestizo 3). This is the very reason that we tap private seedcompanies for the farmers to have options in selecting varieties thatperforms best in theirareas. There were 36s e e d g r o w e r sprovincewide (34 forinbred and 12 for hybrid)were

.(Table 8 & 9)

Table 7

CORN - Commodity Balance Sheet

CY 2003 - 2006

Year Production Consumption Surplus Sufficiency

(MT) (MT) (Deficit) Level (%)

2003 36,917 7,668 29,249 481

2004 42,251 7,806 34,445 541

2005 48,196 7,945 40,251 607

2006 49,902 8,087 41,815 617

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5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

45,000

50,000

2003 2004 2005 2006

Year

CORN - COMMODITY BALANCE SHEET

CY 2003-2006

Production (M T) Consumption (M T) Surplus (Deficit)

Seed Production at Poblacion, Trento.Table 8 Table 8

HYBRID SEED PRODUCTION HYBRID SEEDS DELIVERY AND DISTRIBUTION

CY 2006

Municipality No. of Seed Production

Growers (bags)

San Francisco 3 270

Trento 8 516

Sta. Josefa 1 65

TOTAL 12 851

Table 9 Table 10

Inbred Seed Production Inbred Seed Distribution

2006 La Niña Mitigation

Municipality No. of Production 50-50 Scheme

Growers Registered Certified

Esperanza 2 83 336

Bayugan 4 304 2,034

San Francisco 8 100 1,342

Rosario 2 4 145

Trento 12 1,387 5,138

Veruela 1 60 490

La Paz 4 536

Loreto 1 470

Total 34 1,938 10,491

Our corn production exhibited increasing surplusand sufficiency level every year. Consumption is only about16% of the total production which means that bulk of theprovince's produce was absorbed by feed mills and othercorn processing plant outside the province. Thisperformance substantiated the noteworthy collaborationand cooperation of major players of the program especiallythe corn farmers.

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Table 11

Inbred Seed Distribution

La Niña Mitigation

50-50 Scheme

2006

Municipality No. of

Bags

Bayugan 70

Prosperidad 303

San Francisco 100

Rosario 111

Bunawan 205

Trento 736

Sta. Joserfa 698

Veruela 500

Loreto 270

La Paz 100

San Luis 50

Talacogon 100

Esperanza 320

Total 3,563

Table 12

Corn Seed Distributions

(18 kgs/bag)

Municipality DA-RFU Funds (bags)

Hycare La Niña TOTAL

Sibagat 40 40

Bayugan 120 120

Prosperidad 200 10 210

San Francisco

Rosario 30 30

Bunawan 50 50 100

Trento 100 100 200

Sta. Josefa 230 230

Veruela 100 100

Loreto 143 143

La Paz

San Luis

Talacogon

Esperanza 55 192 247

Total 698 722 1420

Total Amount P837,600 P837,600 P1,675,200

B. CornThere were 1,420 bags of hybrid Corn seeds

distributed in 10 municipalities. These were funded by theDepartment of Agriculture -RFU 13 with a total amount ofP1,675,200.00 for Hycare and La Niña projects. Table 12showed corn seeds distribution per municipality.

Table 10

HYBRID SEEDS DISTRIBUTION

2006

Municipality Mestizo 1 Mestizo 3 SL-8 Bigante BIOSEED 401 TOTAL

CLUSTER

1. Bayugan 30 150 1100 320 200 1800

2. Esperanza 51 60 300 20 30 461

3. Prosperidad 35 150 550 15 750

4. San Francisco 110 100 265 40 165 680

5. Trento 1200 500 50 100 130 1980

6. Bunawan 80 90 22 192

7. Rosario 30 100 130

NON-CLUSTER

1. Talacogon 41 15 56

2. Veruela 450 15 465

3. La Paz 50 50

4. Loreto 16 16

5. PAO 60 5 20 20 105

TOTAL 2087 1055 2351 480 712 6685

Hybrid seeds distributiontotaled to 6,685 bags in which 3,349bags were on PNPL scheme underSELAP program while 3,563 bagsunder La Niña mitigation program bythe Department of Agriculture.Table 10 & 11 showed distribution todifferent municipalities. A total of 225applications for field certification wasalso processed. The PAO alsocoordinated with SASEPCO andRSQS in the conduct of RefresherCourse for seed growers held atTrento, Agusan del Sur. Regularmeetings, coordination with seedgrowers and field inspection to seedproduct ion areas were a lsoundertaken to ensure production ofquality seeds.

3.2 3.3Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Pre & Post Harvest Facilities (PPHF)

> Farmers Field School

> Pest and Diseases Monitoring

With the joint endeavor between the ProvincialAgriculture Office and the Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Unit 13, a total of 240 farmers weretrained for a season-long training on Crop Protection forthe top three agricultural commodities. Table 13showed the number of FFS conducted & participants inthe respective municipalities.

Result of the monitoring conducted revealedthat crop loss due to some major pest and diseases inrice, corn and other agricultural commodities wasminimal. The continuing Farmers Field School season-long trainings, the use of organic farming and otherappropriate technology supported by massivedissemination by the Agricultural Technologists in thefield have helped a lot.

Provision of pre-and post-harvest facilities is thecommitment of the provincial government towards food securityand farm mechanization program of the national administration.In CY 2006, the Provincial Government in coordination with theDepartment of Agriculture RFU XIII, allocated P4,904,000.00for the purchase and distribution of the following facilities:

Mini Combine Harvester 4 units 1,280,000.00

Multi-Purpose Open Storage (MPOS) 6 units 300,000.00

Rice Thresher & P/f Tiller with Engine 3 packets 293,000.00

Rice Thresher & P/f Tiller with Engine 10 packets 991,000.00

Multi-Purpose Drying Pavement (MPDP) 11 units 1,010,000.00

Mechanical Flatbed Dryer 3 units 1,030,000.00

TOTAL 4,904,000.00

Table 13 Table 12

FFS Conducted 2005 Monthly Rainfall

Municipality/ Commodity No. No. of

Barangay Pax

1. Prosperidad

> San Salvador Corn 1 30

> La Perian Corn 1 30

> Katigbawan Rice 1 30

2. San Francisco

> Damilag Vegetable 1 30

3. Rosario

> Katagbawan Corn 1 30

4. Bunawan

> Imelda Rice 1 30

> Libertad Rice 1 30

5. San Luis

> Anislagan Rice 1 30

TOTAL 8 240

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Flatbed dryer at Novele, Rosario, ADS

Rice harvester

MPDP at Binongan, Veruela, ADS

3.4 Small Scale Irrigation Project (SSIP)

> Pump Irrigation System Open Source (PISOS)

There were seven units of Pump Irrigation System OpenSource (PISOS) were funded by the province as support toBoosted Utilization of Grains in Agusan del Sur (BUGAS).These were distributed to different municipalities of the province,

n a m e l y , V e r u e l a ,Bunawan, San Luis,Epseranza and SanFrancisco with one unitand two for Prosperidad.These units were alreadyinstalled and operational,adding 129 hectaresirr igated areas andbenefiting 119 farmer-beneficiaries.

In the same year,the Depar tmen t o fAgriculture funded (5)

units of PISOS thru its Support to Emergency and LivelihoodAssistance Program (SELAP) and six (6) units under CaragaIntegrated DevelopmentProgram (CIDP). Totalpotential service area underthese programs is 215hectares and 125 farmer-benef ic iar ies. Al thoughPISOS under CIDP werealready delivered, delayeddelivery of constructionmaterials resulted to delayedaccomplishment of theproject.

Table 14PISOS Distribution and Budgetary Cost

Municipality Barangay Accomp. Budget Cost

a. 20% Provincial Development Fund 932,995.00

> Veruela Binongan 100% 133,285.00

> Bunawan Antoquia 100% 133,285.00

> San Luis Dimasalang 100% 133,285.00

> Prosperidad Aurora 100% 133,285.00

Aurora 100% 133,285.00

> Esperanza San Toribio 100% 133,285.00

> San Francisco Buenasuerte 100% 133,285.00

b. DA-SELAP 650,000.00

> Prosperidad San Joaquin 100% 130,000.00

Lucena 100% 130,000.00

> Bunawan Poblacion 100% 130,000.00

> Rosario Katigbawan 100% 130,000.00

> San Francisco Caimpugan 100% 130,000.00

c. DA-CIDP 800,004.00

> Prosperidad La Fortuna - 133,334.00

La Caridad - 133,334.00

La Perian - 133,334.00

> Bunawan Mandagao - 133,334.00

Mambalili - 133,334.00

> Rosario Novele - 133,334.00

GRAND TOTAL 2,382,999.00

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PISOS at Aurora (KAUMAHAN),

Prosperidad, ADS

PISOS at Duangan, Esperanza, ADS

PISOS at Guadalupe, Esperanza, ADS.