After seeing the stems with nodes of “Kinampay Ube” being propagated in a sterile Tissue Culture Lab owned by Julieto Mejos in Toril, Davao City, I searched for more information about Micro-Propagation online. I discovered that it is not actually a new technology as it had been used in producing Potato plantlets in more advanced…
For the country’s 5-million diabetics and millions more of health buffs, the Gluten-Free, Low-Glycemic Index Adlai will soon be delivered to their doorsteps monthly in a special box which would contain 30-day supply of Adlai breakfast cereals and 1 kilo of milled grains when they join the Adlai Health Food Membership Club which is now…
With 22 days to go before the staging of the 1st Mindanao Adlai Production Forum in Valencia City, Bukidnon on June 28, is expected to have an overflowing attendance. At least 500 farmers, mostly members of Tribal Communities in Bukidnon and North Cotabato, including those who registered on-line, have confirmed their attendance. The Forum will…
The 1st Mindanao Adlai Production Forum which will be the first attempt to build and organize the Adlai Industry in the country is now officially set for June 28, Sunday, and will be held in the Central Mindanao Mission of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Valencia City, Bukidnon. Expected to attend the first-ever organized…
The funny thing about the Philippines is this: we love acting like every good idea just arrived yesterday on a cargo ship from Singapore wearing a blazer and speaking English with a consultancy accent. Bamboo included. Suddenly everybody in government PowerPoints discovered “green materials,” “carbon capture,” and “sustainable innovation,” as if the kawayan beside the…
In photo show young CEO and philanthropist Aileen Choi Go and a fruit-bearing breadfruit downloaded from the website of Pacific Community website. At 6 a.m. today, I will join a young Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a hygienic products corporation who is also an Agriculture and Food Security Advocate in establishing what could be the…
In the fields in Polomolok, South Cotabato where we planted Sorghum for grains and forage production, I noticed tall stalks which stood out towering by 3 to 4 feet over normal Sorghum. Sorghum breeders call these mutants as “Off-Types” and the recommendation is to eliminate them to maintain “purity.” But I am the type of…
On May 16, we will mark the historic founding of the Philippine Wagyu Association with an organizational dinner meeting at The Ritz Hotel Garden Oases in Barrio Obrero, Davao City. To make the event more meaningful, the dinner’s main fare will be Roasted Wagyu Calf coming from the Great Arch Farm in Polomolok, South Cotabato…
About three weeks ago, I sat down with successful corporate executives to present to them an idea which I had long nurtured in my mind – turning farmers from mere raw materials producers into agri-entrepreneurs and corporate shareholders. I thought of this concept knowing that one of the biggest failures of Philippine Agriculture is the…
Early yesterday, a group of farmers from one of the towns in my province came to my farmhouse to share their woes as they face astronomical increase in fuel prices. “Indi na gid ma-agwanta Sir. Basi mauntat lang anay kami,” said the officers of the farmers group with a total cultivation area of 600 hectares…
