By Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff reporter
For
a self-made farmer-millionaire like Romeo
Ganiron, a national outstanding rice farmer from Brgy. San Mateo here, his face
lights up every time he goes to the farm, feeding his native chickens, pigs,
goats, African hito and tilapia while
he also harvests assorted fruits and vegetables such as watermelon,
tissue-cultured bananas, lettuce, tomatoes, pepper, squash and eggplant among
other edible vines, flowering plants and mahogany trees that surround his
1.76-hectare farm estate.
While he is also engaged in
mushroom culture and vermiculture, Mr. Ganiron attests that farmers can do so
much if they are open to change, follow the right mix of technology and work
hard for it.
His son, John Lei, 27, a
professional engineer also joined him in farming as the latter is also engaged
in hydroponics, a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions the
father and son co-produce and experiment.
The Ganiron family along with
other farmers here are happy of the latest farming development in Batac. A trip
at the largest open public market of Batac City shows farmers’ abundance, where
traders from neighboring provinces including Metro Manila directly transact
with them.
As a priority program of Batac
since it became a city, farmers get the most out of their produce as the city
government allocated at least Php 1 million each for the city’s 43 villages.
This paved the way for the
remarkable transformation of rural barangays in the form of concrete farm-to-market
roads, improvement of agricultural infrastructure, and better facilities.
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