de Goco, Concordia P.

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120THE EXPERIENCES OF A MILKFISH FARMERC oncordia P. de GocoP r iv a te  S ecto r121THE EXPERIENCES OF A MILKFISH FARMERConcordia P. de GocoI  s ta r te d  on f i s h  c u ltu re  in  May 1964. Then, th e  techno logy  known to  fishpond  o p e ra to rs  was the  grow ing o f  lu m o t. The o n ly  f e r ­t i l i z e r  used was ch icken  d ropp ings and s to c k in g  ra te  pe r h e c ta re  was ve ry  low .In  1965, BFAR, then Bureau o f  F is h e r ie s ,  th rough  D r. Tang, a Taiwanese, in tro d u ce d  th e  la b la b  c u l tu r e .  A s ide  from  ch icke n  d ro pp ings , in o rg a n ic  f e r t i l i z e r s  l i k e  ammonium su lpha te  and 16-20 -0  were used. Endrin  was used as p e s t ic id e .  S ince tobacco d u s t was s t i l l  a v a i la b le ,  we a ls o  used t h is  as p e s t ic id e .  Why? We d o n 't  know, b u t  i t  was e f fe c t iv e  and we a p p re c ia ted  th e  r e s u lts .  Due to  language problem , th e  f is h pond o p e ra to rs  were ra th e r  h e s ita n t  in  abso rb ing  the  techno logy  b e in g  i n t r o ­duced by the  Bureau, b u t  because o f  good r e s u lts ,  the  o p e ra to rs  became in te re s te d  and th e  F e d e ra tio n  was formed w ith  D r. Sanglay as i t s  f i r s t  p re s id e n t.D r. Smithou and D r. Grover o f  th e  USAID came to  th e  P h i l ip p in e s  and gave a s e r ie s  o f  sem inar-workshops in  c o o p e ra tio n  w ith  th e  U .P . C o llege  o f  F is h e r ie s . The Seminar-Workshops were so e f fe c t iv e  th a t  every fishpo nd  o p e ra to r to o k  n o t ic e .  Here, th e  new la y o u t w h ic h  was la te r  c a l le d  th e  m odular system was in tro d u c e d . P lank ton  was ta u g h t.  These new te c h n o lo g ie s  were p u t  t o  p ra c t ic e  by o p e ra to rs  and th e  s to c k in g  ra te  rose  to  1500-2500 per h e c ta re  and la t e r  same o p e ra to rs  h e re  in  Panay were s to c k in g  as much as 5000 pe r h e c ta re , as D r. Tang e n v is io n e d .By now many agencies s ta r te d  to  do research  on aquacul tu re .  These a re  BFAR, U .P ., NSDB, USAID, PCARR and p r iv a te  s e c to r .  The S EAFDEC A quacu ltu re  Department was o rg a n ize d . A l l  agencies s ta r te d  to  re le a s e  th e  r e s u lts  o f  t h e i r  research  b u t  th e  r e s u lts  reaches o n ly  fe w  o p e ra to rs , so t ra n s fe r  o f  techno logy  was in e f fe c t iv e .  Language was s t i l l  th e  problem . R e su lts  cou ld  n o t be understood by th e  o p e ra to rs  e s p e c ia l ly  e xp la n a tio n s  u s in g  s c ie n t i f i c  and te c h n ic a l te rm in o lo g ie s .BFAR made th e  r e s u lts  easy to  be a s s im ila te d  by u s in g  language understood in  t h e i r  a reas , in  o th e r words, p la in  laym an 's la n g u a g e . P ro d u c tio n  zoomed to  a re c o rd  h ig h  b u t  shortage  o f  f r y  s u p p ly  began to  be f e l t .  SEAFDEC c la im s  a b reak th rough  in  th e  a r t i f i c i a l  spaw ning o f  sabalo b u t u n t i l  now we do n o t know whether i t  r e a l ly  can solve we f r y  shortage and when.122PCARR gave a sem inar-workshop a t  Legaspi and th e re  th e  p r iv a te  s e c to r b rough t o u t the  problem  on e ng ine e ring  and i t s  im portance. U.P. in c lu d e d  eng in e e rin g  in  i t s  c u r r ic u lu m . PCARR made researches in  e n g in e e rin g . To the  p r iv a te  o p e ra to rs , e n g in e e rin g  s p e lls  the  success o r  f a i lu r e  o f  t h e i r  v e n tu re .W ith  th e  in c rease  in  p ro d u c tio n  came the  fo llo w in g  problem s: (1) f in a n c in g ,  (2) m a rke ting , (3) t ra n s p o r ta t io n ,  (4) p ro ce ss in g .D u ring  th e  la t e r  p a r t  o f  1978 NSDB c a l le d  a m eeting fo r  p ro je c t  e v a lu a tio n . In  th a t  m eeting , the  p r iv a te  s e c to r suggested to  U.P. and NSDB to  s tudy th e  le n g th  o f  tim e  needed fo r  a f in is h e d  area to  earn s u f f i c ie n t l y  f o r  the  o p e ra to r to  be a b le  to  s t a r t  pay ing  h is  loans so th a t  the  banks can de te rm ine  the  le n g th  o f  grace p e r io d  to  be g iv e n . T h is  can h e lp  make pay ing  o f  loans  more r e a l i s t i c .W ith  the  h e lp  o f  a l l  these agenc ies , th e  p ro d u c tio n  re q u ire d  o f  th e  in d u s try  f o r  the  year 2000 can h o p e fu lly  be m et.

The experiences of a milkfish farmer

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The experiences of a milkfish farmer

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