6 Soccsksargen nominees vie for 2013 National Gawad Saka Awards
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Thursday, August 08, 2013
KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato -- Three farmers, a professor-scientist, and two farmer groups from Soccsksargen Region are in for the final stretch of the 2013 National Gawad Saka Search, the Department of Agriculture 12 announced today. DA 12 Regional Executive Director Amalia-Jayag Datukan said the regional office endorsed 11 nominees to the department’s annual nationwide search for individuals and institutions whose exemplary works have contributed to the country’s agricultural development. Datukan identified the farmer finalists from Region 12 as Merlito Ancheta for outstanding sugarcane farmer category, Dr. Melchor Serquiña for coconut farmer category and Leonardo Primne Jr. for fisherfolk category.
Dr. Cayetano C. Pomares of the University of Southern Mindanao in Kabacan, North Cotabato is also a finalist in the agriculture scientist category. Moreover, Malandag Barangay Food Terminal is being considered for Outstanding BFT (BLGU-Operated) category while the Alamada Multi-purpose Cooperative is in for the small farmers’ organization category. Ancheta owns and personally manages a five-hectare sugarcane farm in Barangay Kibudoc, Carmen, North Cotabato. Using appropriate technologies, he said he is assured of net income of not less than P50,000 per hectare per harvest. What separates Ancheta among other farmers, however, is the regular work and assistance he provides to members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in the area.
Serquiña of Kidapawan City is a veterinarian who has chosen coconut-based farming as a primary vocation. The Serquiña Farm, dubbed “Farm in the City,” grows over 400 coconuts as main crops integrated with swine production following a Korean Technology as well as production area for poultry. He also planted high value crops like kalamansi, rambutan, mangosteen and tropical fruits for consumption and income. Like other coconut farmers, the veterinarian-coconut farmer has in several times been affected by the highly variable price of copra but he got through this by establishing a coconut seedling nursery out of the mature nuts he collected from his farm. Dok Chong also produces his own bio-gas out of the different farm wastes.
Moreover, Primne of Banga, South Cotabato relies on tilapia production for family livelihood. Unlike most growers, however, Primne sell tipalia while these are still fingerlings, which he said “commands better income.” For additional income he, raises ornamental fishes. Primne , who is named as a “magsasakang siyentista” also grows palay in a two-hectare farm, which has been chosen as a Palayamanan Model Farm of the Department of Agriculture. Along with palay, he raises cows, goats, chickens and ducks. Dr. Pomares, is a multi-awarded professor at the state-owned University of Southern Mindanao in Kabacan, North Cotabato.
As an agricultural scientist, he is known for biotechnology techniques on breeding and physiology. His paramount breakthrough, the artificial insemination in goats and sheep, has been adopted by the Department of Agriculture’s Livestock Development Council and Bureau of Animal Industry, Isabela State University and other premier academic institutions . Dr. Pomares has institutionalized artificial breeding as a tool to livestock improvement through his two-way work with the DA and National Artificial Breeding Center, among others, making it as a principal component of the Unified National Artificial Insemination Program (UNAIP).
He also spearheaded the genetic resources conservation of Philippine crocodiles particularly Crocodylus mindorensis by leading the establishment of the Philippine Crocodile Rescue and Breeding Center in North Cotabato. Among over 100 food terminals in the region, Malandag Barangay Food Terminal in Malungon, Sarangani is considered the most progressive village-based food terminal in the region. Starting only as a simple stall selling vegetables produced by local farmers, it has now expanded to turned into a major store in the area, adding grocery items and other household requirements to its wares.
Most importantly it has provided additional income for its members through the expanded projects including swine and poultry production projects. Meanwhile, Alamada Multi-purpose Cooperative in Alamada, North Cotabato was established in 1991 as Agricultural Credit Cooperative (ACCA) with a meager P12,500 capital fund. Since then, it has continuously grown as a major enterprise managed and owned by farmers members that do not only come the municipality of Alamada but also the other town in PPALMA (Pigcawayan, Pikit, Alamada, Libungan, Midsayap, Aleosan) alliance.
As of 2012, its total assets are valued at P114,639,646. In one year alone (from 2011 to 2012) its assets grew by over P13 million. Alamada MPC is also a multi-awarded farmer enterprise: Most Outstanding Coop 1998 to 2001, Gawad Pitak Awardee, Model Cooperative and Key Cooperative from 2003 to present, and one of the Top 30 Outstanding Time Depositors. As finalists, the aforementioned individuals and groups are being evaluated against two other nominees in their respective categories. Declaration and awarding of the national winners of the Gawad Saka Search is initially set in October.
Reported by Danilo E. Doguiles
Dr. Cayetano C. Pomares of the University of Southern Mindanao in Kabacan, North Cotabato is also a finalist in the agriculture scientist category. Moreover, Malandag Barangay Food Terminal is being considered for Outstanding BFT (BLGU-Operated) category while the Alamada Multi-purpose Cooperative is in for the small farmers’ organization category. Ancheta owns and personally manages a five-hectare sugarcane farm in Barangay Kibudoc, Carmen, North Cotabato. Using appropriate technologies, he said he is assured of net income of not less than P50,000 per hectare per harvest. What separates Ancheta among other farmers, however, is the regular work and assistance he provides to members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in the area.
Serquiña of Kidapawan City is a veterinarian who has chosen coconut-based farming as a primary vocation. The Serquiña Farm, dubbed “Farm in the City,” grows over 400 coconuts as main crops integrated with swine production following a Korean Technology as well as production area for poultry. He also planted high value crops like kalamansi, rambutan, mangosteen and tropical fruits for consumption and income. Like other coconut farmers, the veterinarian-coconut farmer has in several times been affected by the highly variable price of copra but he got through this by establishing a coconut seedling nursery out of the mature nuts he collected from his farm. Dok Chong also produces his own bio-gas out of the different farm wastes.
Moreover, Primne of Banga, South Cotabato relies on tilapia production for family livelihood. Unlike most growers, however, Primne sell tipalia while these are still fingerlings, which he said “commands better income.” For additional income he, raises ornamental fishes. Primne , who is named as a “magsasakang siyentista” also grows palay in a two-hectare farm, which has been chosen as a Palayamanan Model Farm of the Department of Agriculture. Along with palay, he raises cows, goats, chickens and ducks. Dr. Pomares, is a multi-awarded professor at the state-owned University of Southern Mindanao in Kabacan, North Cotabato.
As an agricultural scientist, he is known for biotechnology techniques on breeding and physiology. His paramount breakthrough, the artificial insemination in goats and sheep, has been adopted by the Department of Agriculture’s Livestock Development Council and Bureau of Animal Industry, Isabela State University and other premier academic institutions . Dr. Pomares has institutionalized artificial breeding as a tool to livestock improvement through his two-way work with the DA and National Artificial Breeding Center, among others, making it as a principal component of the Unified National Artificial Insemination Program (UNAIP).
He also spearheaded the genetic resources conservation of Philippine crocodiles particularly Crocodylus mindorensis by leading the establishment of the Philippine Crocodile Rescue and Breeding Center in North Cotabato. Among over 100 food terminals in the region, Malandag Barangay Food Terminal in Malungon, Sarangani is considered the most progressive village-based food terminal in the region. Starting only as a simple stall selling vegetables produced by local farmers, it has now expanded to turned into a major store in the area, adding grocery items and other household requirements to its wares.
Most importantly it has provided additional income for its members through the expanded projects including swine and poultry production projects. Meanwhile, Alamada Multi-purpose Cooperative in Alamada, North Cotabato was established in 1991 as Agricultural Credit Cooperative (ACCA) with a meager P12,500 capital fund. Since then, it has continuously grown as a major enterprise managed and owned by farmers members that do not only come the municipality of Alamada but also the other town in PPALMA (Pigcawayan, Pikit, Alamada, Libungan, Midsayap, Aleosan) alliance.
As of 2012, its total assets are valued at P114,639,646. In one year alone (from 2011 to 2012) its assets grew by over P13 million. Alamada MPC is also a multi-awarded farmer enterprise: Most Outstanding Coop 1998 to 2001, Gawad Pitak Awardee, Model Cooperative and Key Cooperative from 2003 to present, and one of the Top 30 Outstanding Time Depositors. As finalists, the aforementioned individuals and groups are being evaluated against two other nominees in their respective categories. Declaration and awarding of the national winners of the Gawad Saka Search is initially set in October.
Reported by Danilo E. Doguiles
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