Mayor creates Trinidad organic committee

Monday, December 26, 2011

LA TRINIDAD Mayor Greg Abalos has created a local committee to oversee organic agriculture here.

Abalos released his administrative order creating the committee in a bid to implement projects and activities in line with the National Organic Agricultural Congress.

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Abalos is the chairperson of the committee, with Felicitas Ticbaen as vice chair; and members of the committee include councilor Francis Lee, Jay Sano, Melchor Lando, Recto Alwas and the Jaime V. Ongpin Foundation, Inc.

Abalos said, “there is a need to create the said committee to serve as a conduit between the government and local farmers with the end view of increasing productivity and increasing the level of quality organic produce.”

The newly formed committee will aid the National Organic Agriculture Board to devise and implement ways and means of producing organic fertilizers and other farm inputs and devices.

The market was created to boost awareness and encourage more people to be involved in organic farming.

Organic agriculture is offered as a major course in Benguet State University (BSU) and is soon batting for it to become a degree.

BSU boasts of a six component Organic Agriculture Development Program, in the fields of education, research, development, training, extension, and production. This type of agriculture uses methods and practices considered ecologically sound and sustainable.

Valley farmers are being encouraged to shift to organic agriculture to supply the growing demand of healthy eaters nationwide.