'ART Tabo sa Bohol’ launched to assist farmers

TAGBILARAN CITY, May 20 (PIA) -- The Provincial Government of Bohol through the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) launched on May 18 the “Agricultural Rural Transformation (ART) Tabo sa Bohol” at the Carlos P. Garcia Park at the New Capitol Site, this city. 

"ART Tabo sa Bohol" is a series that will be held every Monday of the week from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to assist the Boholano farmers in selling their farm products and link with institutional buyers.

The tabo also caters to employees who prefer to buy farm products at prices lower than those in the markets and malls.

Assistant Provincial Agriculturist Dr. Larry Pamugas said this program is similar to last year’s OPA regular program “Tabo sa Plaza,” which was temporarily stopped due to the ongoing renovation of the Plaza Rizal in front of the old capitol building.

The products sold at the tabo include: fish from Bohol United Fish Traders Group; rice (Rice Processing Center and Misiona Rice Mill); dairy products (Bohol Dairy Cooperative); vegetables (Bilar Stem Vegetable Farm and LGU-Jagna); fruits (LGU Dimiao and LGU-Jagna); meat products (Stephen Boncales); pineapples and melon (PNB-KGB Multi-purpose Cooperative/Carmen Farmers Bagsakan Center); eggs and cooking oils (3C Enterprises); dressed chicken (Agape R & R Foods); and Boholano delicacies like bingka, budbod, suman (A.I.M. for Progress in Balilihan and refreshments from P & P Enterprises).

"ART Tabo sa Bohol" is in tandem with the “KADIWA on Wheels” (mobile market) initiated by the Provincial Government of Bohol and the Department of Agriculture (DA) to be rolled out to identified municipalities.

The mobile market also sells basic necessities at a cheaper price to provide an alternative venue for consumers to buy their goods instead of going to the markets or malls.

Gov. Arthur Yap has called on the Boholanos to continue patronizing the mobile market so that farmer entrepreneurs could earn through their products.

This is also a way of minimizing the volume of people going to the markets and malls while the province is under general community quarantine due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)

The "ART Tabo sa Bohol" will be held every Monday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Carlos P. Garcia Park, New Capitol Site in Tagbilaran City as a way of assisting Boholano farmers in selling their farm products and link with institutional buyers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo from the Provincial Government of Bohol FB)