Sunday, October 26, 2014
Umingan Extends Sympathy to Casem Family
The Local Government Unit of Umingan headed by
the Local Chief Executive, Mayor Eldred P. Tumbocon, wishes to extend sympathy
and condolences to the bereaved family of the late GENARO DE LEON CASEM, who
passed away on October 22, 2014 at Philadelphia, USA
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Umingan is DTI Awardee
Regional Director
FLORANTE O. LEAL and Provincial Director PETER O. MANGABAT of the Department of
Trade and Industry awarded a check amounting to One Million Four Hundred
Seventy Nine thousand pesos (Php 1,479,000.00) to the Local Government Unit of
Umingan. Said fund under the Grassroots Participatory Budgeting (BUB) 2014 will
be used for the project “Kakayahang Pangkabuhayan sa Umingan”. This is a Shared
Service Facility. This project is conceptualized due to: 1) the abundance of
squash as prime agricultural product of our so-called Marlboro country in the
hilly areas of the municipality; 2) as a support facility for the establishment
of One-Town-One-Product (OTOP); and 3) because of the trend on health and
wellness wherein people became conscious
on the nutritional value of the food they eat. The LGU saw the potential of the
project to create employment for women and to assist farmers market their
produce.
This Shared Service Facility will be housed at the
Umingan Livelihood and Training Center, which the LGU will construct at Brgy.
Lauren and will be used by United Farmers and Women’s Association of Umingan
(UFAWA) and other accredited CSO’s. They will make veggie noodle and
veggie-bread products.
This project aims to:
1.
Serve as venue for product development
of different agricultural products
2.
Serve as a training facility for
interested individuals to gain knowledge about food processing
3.
To improve standard of Umingan products
including our OTOP
4.
To spur livelihood activity among
unemployed women and out of school youth
5.
To augment household income through food
processing
6.
To supply nutritious foods for the
Supplemental Feeding Program of the LGU.
Umingan’s Soybean Trial Demo
The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of
Agricultural Research through the Ilocos Integrated Agricultural Research
Center (ILIARC) in collaboration with the Local Government Unit of Umingan
through its Farmers Information and Technology Services (FITS) Center initiated a 1 ha. Techno-Demo on Organic
Soybean Production.
Mr. Gil M. Infantado of Poblacion West,
Umingan, Pangasinan is the first farmer to try organic soybean production in
Umingan who allocated 1 hectare for the trial. He was awarded with 50 kgs. of
soybean seeds last September 3, 2014 for this purpose.
Soybean is known for its high protein content
not to mention the different medicinal properties.Soybean is included as one of
the priority commodities under the High Value Crops Development Program
(HVCDP).It is known as a good source of dietary fiber and it contains
anti-cancer and anti-flammatory factors,it also contains components that aid in
the prevention of osteoporosis, heart diseases, and diabetes. Among other beans
(mungbean,peas, and beans, soybean has the highest protein content. In the Philippines
Aside from its numerous health benefits,
soybean is also an important crop in an agricultural system because of its
capability to fixate nitrogen that is present in the air. “The symbiotic
relationship between the nitrogen-fixing bacteria [in the root nodules] and the
host legume plant provide nitrogen to the agricultural system.
A hectare of organic soybean could fix 300
kilograms of nitrogen in the soil, and only 40 % will be utilized by the plant
during its growth cycle. The remaining 60% will stay in the soil and can be
utilized by the next crop planted in the field.
The Local Government of Umingan through its FITS Center
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