Evardone to ESSU: Impart alternative farming education to agriculture students

3:32AM Jayson Macapanas
Jan 10, 2016
2 min read

Plano yana ni Eastern Samar Representative Ben Pagaran Evardone nga kaistoryahon hi President of the Eastern Samar State University (ESSU) nga pag adman an pag-api ha Alternative Farming kumo usa nga subject han kurso nga agriculture.

“The traditional method, field-plowing, is slowly becoming a thing of the past, because of technological advances,” siring ni Evardone.

Guinsiring han manbabalaud nga ha pagkayana an pamaagi ha agrikultura in naglalakip na hin mas guti paggamit hin tuna pareho nala hiton hydroponics ngan aeroponics.

“For this reason, I am planning to ask ESSU President if they could include alternative farming and current technologies as one of the subjects in order to make our agriculture students fairly competent on these matters once they graduate,” sugad ni Evardone.

Sumala ha solon, an aeroponics ngan hydroponics farming in may ada maupay nga economic impact ha agriculture economics.

“First, they lessen stress to farmlands, as they can even be done indoors and wherever. Second, some aeroponics and hydroponics farming are vertical farming. Hence, usual yield from a hectare of land could be doubled or tripled. Third, they can be installed on mobile things like carts, hence, more or less resilient to typhoons and flooding. Fourth, they could be designed for agri-tourism purposes,” eksplikar ni Evardone.

Dugan pa hini nga an pag-aram hiton aeroponics ug hydroponics in kinahanglan nga tumutok ha 'affordability of technology', ngan 'product by small-scale farmers', 'water resource availability and sustainability', ug iba pa.

“This is where ESSU comes in,” siring han manbabalaud.

Siring pa niya nga hiya in abre ha pitad nga magahahatag hin insentibo ug diskwento, prebilihiyo agud maibanan iton gasto alternatibo nga pannguma, ug maguin-abilable an teknolohiya ug prudukto nga barato ha iya mga hinsasakopan.

Siring pa ni Evardone nga an aeroponics ug hydroponics farming in pwedeng-pwede nga mahimo ha sulod hiton Samar Island Natural Park nga diri mahihibang an nasabi nga lugar.

An Aeroponics in usa nga proseso hin pagpatubo hin pananom ha hangin o mahurakmog nga lugar nga diri nagamit hin tuna o 'aggregate medium (kilala nga geoponics).

Samtang, an Hydroponics naman in usa nga subset hiton hydroculture ug pamaagi ha pagtanom gamit in mga mineral nutrient solutions, ha tubig, kun diin waray tuna.