Agro-Trade Fair Cum Exhibit 2016 Opens!

Various agricultural products are featured in the Plaza Sugbo fronting Cebu City Hall as the annual Agro-Trade Fair Cum Exhibit opened February 15 Monday.

Fresh fruits, vegetables, spices, root crops, flowers, seedlings, and different native products and delicacies from the eighty villages comprising this city are displayed and available for sale.

The activity which will run for five days ending on February 19 is in line with the 79th Charter Anniversary celebration of this Queen City of the Philippines.

Looking back, it was on February 24, 1937, when the City of Cebu was born by virtue of Commonwealth Act No.58 through the initiative of Don Vicente Rama, the father of Cebu City Charter.

The then municipality of Cebu who was under the Cebu Provincial Government became an independent Chartered City known as “Cebu City”.

This year, series of activities are lined-up towards the grand celebration.

Moreover, various competitions are also embedded in the exhibit which is made possible by Cebu City Farmers Federation, Barangay Officials, Cebu City Agricultural Fishery Council, Cebu City Agriculture Department and other stakeholders, among others. (Cebu City Public Information Office PIO/Greggy Jiggs P. Senados)