Kinse Porsyentong Dagdag-Ani, Kahit Dinaanan ng Tatlong Bagyo! A similar triumph over Typhoon Glenda has just been reported by another teammate, Doc Nuel (shown in the last two pictures below when he asked me last year to accompany him as he first “planted” his agribusiness in Bataan.) Although a Diplomate in Internal Medicine who drives between QC and Subic weekly, Doc Nuel has been very passionate in teaching farmers and introducing them to organic-based farming. Bro Rico Pimentel, a farmer from Zambales (the “sukî” path of storms), enthusiastically informed him that despite three calamities (including Typhoon Glenda and the last “habagat”), his palay harvest still maintained the same 77-cavan harvest compared to its harvest in the last cropping (on his 0.9-hectare farm.) But like the report texted by my other teammate, Pastor Sarah, in Pampanga, Doc Nuel excitedly called me the other day to say that the grains were fuller and reached 62 kilos per sack or cavan—versus just 54 last time. That’s an amazing 15% increase despite the “habagat” and 2 typhoons! Doc Nuel added that another farm in Iloilo (3 hectares) belonging to the family of another partner, Doc Lee, experienced opposite extreme weathers and came out with a fitting testimony to the power of the products that he has relentlessly promoted. A strong typhoon affected the area, but practically 100% of the seeds, which were broadcast (“sabog-tanim”), survived. Yes, they were swept to the sides of the “pilapil” ... but they all survived! They were just transplanted afterwards. In another cropping season, “tagtuyot” invaded the area. But their harvest still weathered the drought miraculously that the local Department of Agriculture came and took pictures of their farm. The neighboring farms—which used synthetic products normally available in the market—experienced huge losses, sadly. Fortunately, the local coops are seeking Doc Lee’s father, probably asking him to share his “secret.” For many of us, this is just information. But for the farmers, oftentimes, this is short of a miracle. It’s their livelihood that are at stake. It’s the future of their families that those products ensured, because they strengthened the plants with the needed nutrients to weather the heat and the storms. The crops were not only strengthened against BIOTIC stresses (like plant diseases and insect attacks), they were also made stronger against ABIOTIC stresses, (typhoons and droughts). And these are Non-GMO. It is in this light that we can truly appreciate the gratitude of another group of farmers in Palawan who greeted our colleagues when they came back to visit: “Heto na ang mga anghel!” And so once more, in this Year of Family Farming, be an angel to a farmer! If you know farmers’ associations, please let us know. We have professional partners nationwide who can explain these to them. With a 90-day satisfaction guarantee that allows farmers to return or exchange the products—even if they have partially used them.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 00:55:35 +0000
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