The City Agriculture Office of Malaybalay is one of the department of the City Government of Malaybalay mandated to ensure food security to the populace through the provision of effective and efficient services and facilities for increased production and productivity to crops, inland fisheries, and agri-livestock by assisting crop protection and insurance, facilitate credit/loans, provide extension services, education and trainings thereby availing livelihood projects of farm machineries, equipment and agri-infrastructures and facilities.
The City Agriculture Office of Malaybalay nature of work is to ensure the provision of basic services and facilities. The office building established in 2005 with the Farmers Training Center becomes a venue for meetings, trainings and seminars to farmer-clienteles and organized farmer-associations/growers, cooperatives and organizations. Agriculturists designated as Agricultural Extension Officer and were assigned by team per commodity into Rice, Corn, HVCC, Organic and Inland Fisheries Program. The project Team will provide extension services, technical assistance and education to increase agricultural production and productivity. The Agricultural Engineers of Agricultural Engineering Section will provide basic agricultural engineering works such as ocular and topographic survey for irrigation, farm machineries/equipment, agri-infrastructure and facilities through preparation of program of works and detailed engineering designs. The Institutional Development Section will facilitate to organize and strengthen rural-based organizations, farmer associations/growers, agri-cooperatives and people’s organizations to capacitate them to undertake livelihood project including financial literacy programs that aims to assist for product development and promote them into farmer-entrepreneurs (“agri-prenuers”) producing quality, good agricultural/manufacturing practices (GAP/GMP) certified products marketed locally and internationally in the future.