The 10th Ubi Festival slated this week will showcase the best of Bohol’s Ubi industry, highlighting the theme “Industriya sa Ubi Palambuon hagit sa mga Bol-anon”.

Larry Pamugas, chief of the agri-business division of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, announced that 20 local government units had confirmed participation in the Ubi Festival set on January 20 to 22 at the Island City Mall.

The three-day event will kick off at 9 am of January 20 with a motorcade that would snake the main thoroughfares of Tagbilaran City- -from the Capitol Annex to JA Clarin Street, CPG Avenue, then to Ma. Clara Street going to the port area then back to the Cathedral passing through Gallares Street in going to ICM.

Participants will put up booths at the display area at ICM to show off their Ubi products.

The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist will pick out an ubi that has the closest shape to the map of Bohol, best processed ubi product, and best booth.

The literary and musical contests will be held at the ICM activity center.

Other contests to color the event are balitaw,balak (poetry reading), kuradang for Boholanos 40 years old and above, jingle composition, poster-making for high school students.

Provincial Agriculturist Liza Quirog also assured that her office has enough funds to purchase all the unsold products after the three-day showcase. These, however, will be returned to ubi growers through the ubi dispersal program.

The technical working group of the event and ubi farmers agreed to set the prices at P35 for ubi kinampay,P25 for baligonhon, and P20 for white ubi.
Quirog said these are lower than the actual selling prices during the exhibit, but it could at least solve the hassle of bringing them back to their farms. (Angeline Valencia)

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