A Filipina Farmer in Bohol was recognized by the Department of Agriculture in turning her small farmland into a techno demo farm of ubi.
Concordia Nang Cita Alcomendras, an ubi kinampay (purple yam) farmer, was successful as a farmer cooperator of the Techno Demo of the Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas. Respectively, the said crop is Bohol’s native yam.
Based on the report of the Philippine News Agency (PNA), through the help of DA-Region VII and their Municipal Agriculturist Office, Nang Cita had a yield of 2,500 kilos of ubi kinampay in her one fourth-hectare of farmland.
As cited in the report of PNA, Nang Cita stated that “daku kaayo ako pasalamat sa DA-7 nga ako ang napili nila nga mahimong Ubi Woman-Cooperator para sa techno demo. Daghan kaayo ko nakat-unan sa maong pagbansaybansay. (I am very grateful to DA-7 for choosing me to be a woman farmer cooperator for the Ubi Techno Demo. During the said training, I learned a lot)”.
Also, she also added in her statement that, “sa una man gud, kun mananum mi og ubi, ang amo ra ani kay usa ra ka sako. Karon, daghan kaayo ang unod sa akong ubi nga niabot na og 2,500 kilos. Aron pagmatuod sa gidaghanon sa harvest, amo ni gikilo kay kuhaan man og record document. Mosobra pa ni kun maharvest na namo ang nabilin nga pito ka tudlingan (But now, there are plenty of ubi harvested which almost reached 2,500 kilos. To prove the yield, we have all the tubers weighed for record and documentation. This will go beyond once we finished harvesting the remaining seven rows)”.
Assistance from Department of Agriculture
More importantly, the Filipina farmer of Bohol planted Bohol’s native yam for the first time. Her desired crop is supposedly peanut. However, the DA provided her complete planting materials of ubi such as technologies, fertilizers, bamboo slabs, and technical support.
Accordingly, Nang Cita is one of the farmers in Brgy. Langtad in Bohol which participated on DA’s techno demo on the production of ubi.
“Nang Cita’s hard work and determination was the key to her successful cultivation of ubi kinampay. And her being a woman, her decisions matter most in her successes,”Cheryl dela Victoria, the information officer of DA-Region VII, noted.
Moreover, Ubi’s farm gate price is PHP45 per kilo. Nang Cita’s 2,500-kilo harvest less the 350 kilos given to fellow farmers for further cultivation, meant a net produce of 2,150 kilos. Thus, significantly, the Filipina farmer in Bohol obtain PHP96,750, as gross income.
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