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Then sailor now a stalwart hybrid rice producer

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has all the praises to a strong ally of its bid to meet rice sufficiency by 2013 through a former sailor turned farmer Elmer Soposo. 

Elmer is popularly known as "Aming" in Molave.   "I have proven that hybrid rice farming gives me more yield and profit although it needs more capital compared to planting inbred varieties," Aming declares.

With 5.0 hectare riceland, he is one of the leading hybrid rice producers in Salug Valley Area, the known rice granary of Zamboanga del Sur.  Aming reckons that from 2004 to present, he devotes his area to hybrid rice.  Except in 2005 when he experimented with inbred varieties to compare his yield in 2004 cropping and found out that hybrid varieties like bigante give him great yield and income.

From receiving dollars of being a seaman, he settles to earn pesos and be with his family especially so that his kids with wife, Amelita are growing up.    "I consider hard work, perseverance and most of all the love what I am doing are my personal inputs to my farm.  I am also blessed with supportive wife," Aming enthuses. 

Aside from rice farming, the Soposo couple also engages in balut making.  Their income from hybrid rice farming and balut making, can be at par of his earnings from working overseas.   

But least Aming expects, that one day, his endeavors to produce more for own family's economic advancement, he will be honored by the Department of Agriculture as Outstanding Hybrid Rice Farmer in Zamboanga Peninsula region.  

Aming owns a yield record high of 9.98 metric tons per hectare in 2009 with a net income of P174,640 per hectare against the P35,061 production cost each.

Every year, DA conducts the search for National Gawad Saka Awardees to recognize farmers, fisherfolk, farming and fishing-based organizations that exhibit exemplary performance in food production and entrepreneurship contributing to the sustainable agriculture and nation's food sufficiency.

And Aming's best farming practices especially on organic agriculture, catapulted him to be named as among the seven Agricultural Achievers in Region IX for 2010-2011 and gained the title as Regional Gawad Saka winner for Hybrid Rice category.   He received cash prize of P15,000 and Plaque of Recognition from the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Unit  IX during the Regional Farm Family Forum. 

This distinction notches him to the national level as Mr. Soposo is Zampen's entry to the Search for National Gawad Saka Award to compete with all the Regional Winners of the same category from 17 administrative regions in the country. 

Together with the six other Regional Gawad Saka winners, Regional Executive Director Carlos B. Mendoza is optimistic that Soposo will make it to the National Gawad Saka Award.  Winners are  to receive a Presidential Trophy and

Presidential Citation and cash award of not less than P100,000 to be awarded at Malacañang by the President. 
Aming's fellow Regional Gawad Saka winners are 1) Maria, Dolores Dizon – Outstanding Corn Farmer from Bolong, Zamboanga City, 2) Larry Lomosad – Outstanding High Value Crops of Tampilisan, Zamboanga del Norte, 3) Jolly Degracia – Outstanding Small Animal Raiser of Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay, 4) Dulian Rural Improvement Club (RIC) of Dulian, Zamboanga City, 5) Monteverde 4-H Club – Outstanding Young Farmer Organization of Culianan, Zamboanga City and 6)Rebokon Barangay Food Terminal –Outstanding Barangay Food Terminal.

For this year, 2009-2010, Mrs. Leonora Jukni from Datagan, Pagadian City won as the Outstanding Large Animal Raiser in the Philippines where President Aquino himself handed the award assisted by DA Secretary Proceso J. Alcala.  The  awarding ceremony was held at Malacañang last May 23.# (remai s. alejado/da9)

Rebokon food store feeds, employs barangay people

    From rice, meat, fish, vegetables, spices, rootcropsand even

charcoal, name it, the BarangayFood Terminal (BFT) of Rebokonhas it.

BFTRebokonis LGU-operated serving 690 households and seven catchment

barangays

     Rebokonis the biggest barangayof Dumalinao, ZamboangadelSurwith

an IRA of P1.6M.  It is a coastal barangaybut more accessible by land

through habal-habal, jeepneyor van passing through rough roads.  With

BFThere has helped residents a lot because they no longer travel to

at least 14  kilometers to the town proper or as far as PagadianCity

to buy rice and other basic needs.  

     On May 7, 2009, Department of Agriculture Regional Office 9 through

the Agribusiness Marketing Assistance Division opened the RebokonBFT

formerly known as BarangayBagsakanProject.  It was equipped with

cold storage and store facilities for the BarangayCouncil to operate.

PunongBarangayEvangeline Santillanwas then the store manager.

With some P27-T startupcapital,  BFTRebokonexhibited an excellent

performance as basis for the release of the P50-T additional capital

from DA on Jan. 26, 2010.

     In fact, in a span of nine months of operation,   BFTRebokonposted a

gross sales of P2,072,356.80 with a net income of P172,947.90 for the

period January to September 2010.

     Until the conduct of 2010 BarangayElection and a new set of Barangay

Council had to take over the operation of BFT.

     December 1, 2010 when PunongBarangayPetrocenioAncajas' Council was

at the helm of the BarangayFood Terminal.   Ancajasacted as the

store manager and designated BarangayKagawadSaturninaSambiladas

his Assistant Store Manager.

     Despite the transition period, the BFT's operation remains liquid.  

While selling fresh, safe and nutritious food to barangaypeople, BFT

management has to establish an assured and sustainable income.   All

those receiving honorariafrom the barangayare given credit line at

the BFT.  The rest of the residents are also given credit limit of

P200 a month.  

     During pay day, BarangayTreasurer Bel Jumawanautomatically deducts

payment for all the items they got from BFT.

     The Management also hires two store keepers to man the BFTin the

person of Catherine Maghanoyand Betty Pedroso.  To encourage Cathy

and Betty to tender good service, the Management gives them 30 percent

share of the net income.

Under this scheme, Cathy and Betty are receiving an average of P3,600

a month and it is increasing.  This rate is comparable to what sales

attendants of department stores in the city are receiving today.

     A matter of fact, for the first three months (December 2010 to

February 2011), Cathy and Betty were able to raise P464,504.94 gross

sales and they shared P10,933.56 each.  

     Following the 3-year term of office of RebokonBarangayCouncil, the

BFThas more than two years to earn thousands while 10 percent of its

net income also goes to the coffers of the barangay.  Muchmore, BFTis

seen to employ not only two but more people to handle other business

ventures.   

     Having projected possible business opportunities of the BFT, Assistant

Manager Sambiladis optimistic to expand market linkages with other

BFTsin the region and become a barangayconsolidator of different

agri-fishery products like banana and fish which are abundant in the

area. # (remai s. alejado/da9)