Video from 9 News TV Cebuano (Aired Monday Sept.22,2014)
By Hirohito D.
Cadion
DUMINGAG, Zamboanga
del Sur, Sept. 22 (PNA) – A total of 26 farmers and community leaders coming
from 13 Southeast Asian countries are presently undergoing a week-long Organic
Leadership Course for Southeast Asia (OLC-SEA) in this municipality.
The participants of
the week-long OLC-SEA hands-on study arrived here Saturday.
The field study,
which ends September 28, is being spearheaded by the International Federation
of Organic Agriculture Movement (IFOAM).
Municipal
Administrator Richard Butch Cabilan said Monday the week-long field study is
part of the OLC-SEA 2014-2015 Class.
Cabilan said the
participant, after the field study, will return to their respective countries
for their Webinar classes and community activities. They will graduate from the
course next year and the graduation ceremony will be held in Thailand.
The foreign nationals
are the following: Sovorn Chan, Pros Phan and Norin Din, Cambodia; Sutharthip
Garnrugsar, Salinrat Wichaipanich, Danupa Yoounapanao, and Neil Willman,
Thailand; Than Hlaing and Phyo Wai Aung, Myanmar; Baokun Lei, China; Hong Hanh
Nguyen and Xuan Diep Nguyen, Vietnam; Mohammed Sarker, Bangladesh; Aastha Dua,
India; Afi Soedarsong, Indonesia; Zarina Ramli, Malaysia; Seonyoung Jang and
Jung Man Chul, South Korea; Yue-Wen, Taiwan (Assistant trainer, IFOAM); Konrad
Hauptfleisch, South Africa (Trainer, IFOAM Program Director).
The Filipino
participants are Alan Si, Cleofe Baldon, Maria Frieda Brizi, Paula Abarasturi,
Librado Navarro and Patrick Belisario.
Cabilan explained the
IFOAM decided to conduct the week-long study here since this municipality under
the leadership of Mayor Nacianceno Pacalioga is known to be a champion of
organic farming.
Municipal
Administrator Richard Butch Cabilan
Pacalioga is the
founding-president of the League of Organic Agriculture Municipalities of the
Philippines (LOAM-Ph).
Pacalioga received
One World Award (OWA) on September 14, 2012 in Germany for championing organic
farming.
Pacalioga expressed
his heartfelt appreciation to the IFOAM for the recognition to the efforts and
programs of the local government in converting the agricultural program into “a
community healthy way of life through the adoption of organic farming.”
Municipal
Administrator Richard Butch Cabilan
“The people of
Dumingag are very proud and honored for giving them the opportunity of sharing
their expertise in organic farming globally and also for choosing our
municipality as the venue of Organic Leadership Course for South East Asia
2014-2015,” Pacalioga said.
Governor Antonio
Cerilles also expressed his gratitude to the IFOAM for placing Dumingag into
the global picture as far as organic farming is concerned.
Dumingag is a second
class municipality of this province with a total irrigated rice land area of
2,000 hectares and rain-fed rice land of 1,800 hectare. It comprises of 44
barangays with a population of 46,500 based on the 2010 census on population.
(PNA)
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