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20 join search for Cebu City's 10 outstanding farmers

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January 11, 2025

PNA

CEBU CITY – Twenty individuals are nominated in the search for “Ten Outstanding Farmers” award in this capital city, an official said on Friday.

Councilor Pastor Alcover Jr., chair of the committee on agriculture of the City Council, said that evaluators from the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Central Visayas and the City Agriculture Department (CAD) are now assessing the nominations.

The search focuses on the capability of farmer-nominees to integrate technology in their effort to get higher yields, Alcover said.

“We have to mechanize our agricultural industry to produce more. Dili na ‘ta mogamit sa kinaraan nga pamaagi sa pagpanguma; dili nata mogamit og mga guna, piko sa pagbugwal sa yuta (We no longer use the old method of farming; We don't use bolo, pickaxes to till the land),” Alcover said.

He said the city has ensured that the nominees’ sustainable practices, community impact, and reliable income generation for their families will become a model to other farmers.

According to Arlie Gesta, officer-in-charge of CAD, the nominees were also graded on their sustainable farming practices, innovation, and how they shared their knowledge with other farmers.

Twenty-eight mountainous barangays submitted names for the honor across various categories, including vegetable farming, livestock rearing, corn farming, flower cultivation, mango farming, and ornamental plant growing.