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| By 2006, Ananias Cuñado was earning from the full potential of his farm and there was no going back for him |
Going back to the farm where he grew up was not part of Ananias R. Cuñado's grand plan.
He had studied to be a seaman and plying the seven seas became his trade, thinking that it was his ticket out of poverty. But after five long, hard years at sea, he decided to stay put on dry land.
With savings from working as a seaman for five years, Cuñado initially tried his hand at rice farming and small scale mining. But because he lacked the knowledge he needed to make his ventures work, they eventually failed.
And so to the sea he returned, but it did not help improve his family's circumstances. Faced with no other option, he decided in 2002 to give farming another chance in Compostella Valley.
But this time, he did not go in blind. Rather, he went into cultivating the five-hectare coconut farm that his father had left him armed with as much knowledge he could get his hands on. Slowly, he rehabilitated the coconut farm.
Ananias added to his traditional farming knowledge by attending the seminar on diversified farming organized by the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) in 2003.
He immediately applied the valuable lessons he had earned on his own coconut farm. And he was not out to just make his land more productive. He wanted so much more. Ananias was determined to do his best and turn his farm lot into a multi-crop coconut farm, similar to what he saw during his farm visits.
Ananias lost no time going about his improvements and in just a year, he was able to intercrop with lakatan and cardaba bananas, lanzones, durian, cacao and ginger, thus immediately raising the family’s income.
By 2006, he was earning from the full potential of his farm and there was no going back for him.
He then ventured into processing coconut byproducts upon the suggestion of the PCA. He learned from PCA the profit potential of using an igloo-type charcoal kiln to transform coconut shells into charcoal.
Today, he processes at least 180,000 nuts into charcoal every quarter, which is immediately bought by the community. Not only that, he also makes broom from the coconut fronds and vinegar from coconut water.
Because he stuck it out in the farm, Ananias is now a proud father of three registered nurses and a computer technology graduate. He has also adopted three agriculture experts who help him in the farm.
This is part of his new grand plan to become the best and most productive coconut farmer he can be.
http://bit.ly/p4pXhI
He had studied to be a seaman and plying the seven seas became his trade, thinking that it was his ticket out of poverty. But after five long, hard years at sea, he decided to stay put on dry land.
With savings from working as a seaman for five years, Cuñado initially tried his hand at rice farming and small scale mining. But because he lacked the knowledge he needed to make his ventures work, they eventually failed.
And so to the sea he returned, but it did not help improve his family's circumstances. Faced with no other option, he decided in 2002 to give farming another chance in Compostella Valley.
But this time, he did not go in blind. Rather, he went into cultivating the five-hectare coconut farm that his father had left him armed with as much knowledge he could get his hands on. Slowly, he rehabilitated the coconut farm.
Ananias added to his traditional farming knowledge by attending the seminar on diversified farming organized by the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) in 2003.
He immediately applied the valuable lessons he had earned on his own coconut farm. And he was not out to just make his land more productive. He wanted so much more. Ananias was determined to do his best and turn his farm lot into a multi-crop coconut farm, similar to what he saw during his farm visits.
Ananias lost no time going about his improvements and in just a year, he was able to intercrop with lakatan and cardaba bananas, lanzones, durian, cacao and ginger, thus immediately raising the family’s income.
By 2006, he was earning from the full potential of his farm and there was no going back for him.
He then ventured into processing coconut byproducts upon the suggestion of the PCA. He learned from PCA the profit potential of using an igloo-type charcoal kiln to transform coconut shells into charcoal.
Today, he processes at least 180,000 nuts into charcoal every quarter, which is immediately bought by the community. Not only that, he also makes broom from the coconut fronds and vinegar from coconut water.
Because he stuck it out in the farm, Ananias is now a proud father of three registered nurses and a computer technology graduate. He has also adopted three agriculture experts who help him in the farm.
This is part of his new grand plan to become the best and most productive coconut farmer he can be.
http://bit.ly/p4pXhI
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