Department of Agriculture Assistant Secretary Salvador Diputado (center) is assisted by Gov. Aris Aumentado (left) and San Miguel Mayor Ian Gil Mendez during the groundbreaking of the “bagsakan center” in San Miguel town, Bohol on Saturday to help provide a stable market for local farmers. (Photo: Darwin Gadiane)
TAGBILARAN CITY — The town of San Miguel in Bohol province, in partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA), will build a Bagsakan Center or farmers’ trading post to help provide a stable market for local farmers.
On Saturday, officials held the groundbreaking for the Bagsakan Center worth P9 million in Barangay San Isidro.
DA Assistant Secretary Salvador Diputado said the Bagsakan Center aims to help farmers in marketing their produce as well as link them up to new markets to boost their incomes.
He told farmers about the importance of good agricultural practices to ensure that products are “fresh and beautiful.”
The new farmers’ trading center will also help avert losses from huge farm harvests which may spoil due to oversupply.
Products at the Bagsakan Center are expected to have lower prices than those sold in the local market.
San Miguel Mayor Ian Gil Mendez welcomed the project since it will help uplift the lives of farmers.
The entire Bagsakan Center has an area of 576 square meters which was provided by the local government.
The construction of the Bagsakan Center is expected to be finished within six to eight months.
Bohol Gov. Aris Aumentado, in his speech, said the provincial government is always ready to partner with the DA on the implementation of agricultural projects.
San Miguel, a fourth-class municipality, has a population of 26,000 people.
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