FUNCTION : Economic Services Sector

MANDATE:

To prepare Integrated Municipal Plan for Implementation, in support of the Food Security Program of the National Government.

VISION:

To become self-sufficient in rice production and provide additional income through livelihood projects such as; vegetable, fisheries and animal production. To improve farm income and generate work opportunities for farmers, fisherman and other rural workers.

MISSION:

To upgrade the living condition of the people through proper environmental management and installation of irrigation facilities.

To help and empower the farming and fishing communities and the private sector to produce enough, accessible and affordable food and a decent income for the municipality’s constituents.

FUNCTIONAL STATEMENT:

Initiates agricultural extension and technical assistance that promotes and ensures farmer’s adoption of recommended package of technology on rice, corn. Fishery, fruits and vegetables and other High Value Commercial Crops.

• Develop plans, strategies, programs and policies on agriculture for consideration and approval of the Mayor and Sangguniang Bayan.

• Always maintain worthiness of agriculture equipment’s and facilities.

• Initiates and conduct research and development on the adoption and creation of new farming technologies.

• Enforce agricultural laws, policies and ordinance which the Mayor and the Office is mandated to implement.

• Identifies, develop and access funding support of agricultural support facilities and infrastructures and implement the same in partnership with other support institutions.

• Be in the frontline of delivery of basic services particularly those needed for the survival of the populaces during and in the aftermath of man-made and natural calamities.

• Conduct and establishment of techno demo, crops and livestock.

• Integration, varietal trial on rice and corn technology piloting and the provision of technical assistance and trainings.

• Provide livelihood assistance on rice and corn-based farming system, vegetable farmers, fishpond operators and fruit tree growers through the provision of seeds, planting materials and fertilizer.

• Provision of Agricultural Infrastructure support, farm machineries and Postharvest Facilities to farmers.

• Developed Farmers learning sites, plantation crops as farm tourism sites.