TECHNOLOGY FOR AGRICULTURE BEING DEVELOPED

These days, we have seen that a lot of things now are getting developed through technology. It is already stored in people’s minds that technology can really help us in our work to make it faster and better. But in agriculture, only few things are being prioritized in using technology which I doubt is right. Maybe this is the reason why the government developed TECA to improve agriculture technology.

WHAT IS TECA?

Technology for Agriculture or TECA aims to let people adopt the technological way of learning agriculture especially in livestock, fisheries and forestry. This will probably be addressed to things in which people are affected like the climate change, sustainable development and of course, food security. Some of its benefits are to respond the need of a well-documented storage of technologies in agriculture, and to be interactive in a way that having a web-based communication tools can help.

TECA AND ITS OBJECTIVES

In the making and planning of TECA, they still saw some main constraints of the project. In this regard they have adopted the following objectives which they believe could use some help for TECA:

ORIGINALITY. Capitalize on available knowledge, and avoid unnecessary contributions and duplications of the project’s relevance.

ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT. In the choice of having technological interventions.

PERSONAL RIGHTS. Aims to have a safeguarded individual and to make sure they have an organized knowledge of how the system works for their farming, fishery, livestock and forestry improvisation.

TECA, as I see is indeed a great help to our agriculturists especially for those who doesn’t have any access to the technology world. Few of their many targets include farmer’s association and non-government organizations which needs a lot of improvement in their ways and techniques of sustaining agricultural development. I am hoping we could get to see more of this group who can really help the development of our agricultural technology.

I hope TECA would continue to support the country’s farmers and the like.

Hatchery improves and supports

Milkfish has grown to be one of the most important aquaculture species in the country. It is widely grown in 7 out of the 16 regions of the country, majority of which are in Central Luzon, Northwestern Luzon, and Western Visayas.

In the Philippine setting, milkfish aquaculture has

expanded from the traditional culture in brackish water ponds and freshwater pens to marine cages and pens. It has also evolved from extensive (low stocking density, no supplemental feeding) to intensive (high stocking density with supplemental feeding) culture.

Fry, one of the farming methods being raised in either sea cages, large saline ponds is mainly done using natural environmental cues. However, there

have been attempts using gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue (GnRH-A) to induce spawning. Some still use the traditional wild stock method; and this involves capturing wild fry using nets.

Since 1993, the back-yard hatcheries have functioned as successful production centers of milkfish fry. The fledgling industry received a substantial boost in 1998 due to profits from increased milkfish prices. The subsequent hatchery investment boom resulted in a pyramid of job opportunities that expanded the horizons and incomes of the local people, and also attracted an estimated 5,000 workers nationwide.

Among the new job titles were hatchery construc

tion worker, technician, fry counter, fish packer, and broker, marketer, trader, and product exporter. Compensation for workers is usually 20% of the sale price, and incomes vary with the price of the product. About 40-50 new, larger hatcheries now produce and sell surplus fertilized eggs to smaller back-yard hatcheries. Presently, local people own approximately 10% of these larger hatcheries.

This industry has strengthened the area and its economy. It embodies the power of combining technology, local enterprise, and sustainable use of natural resources. It increases the options to the milkfish farmers in terms of modification and improvements in production systems, feed formulation, brood stock management and hatchery technology. This could be the start of something great for the country; more jobs, more opportunity.

sources:

https://www.was.org/Main/WasArticle_pf.asp?Article=2

Electricity has become a necessity in this world we’re living. From the biggest of the biggest factory in the world to the smallest toy, energy is needed. Of course we already know that electricity can do to our home, if not here’s a re-cape. Electricity is one of the worst planet-damaging technological developments of Industrial Revolution. It would cause us our lives. But how come we’re still here when we were using electricity long before? I guess the answer lies on how we consume it.

For years, scientists and Earth-saving enthusiasts have been looking for ways to consume energy in an Earth friendly manner. Especially in towns that have insufficient electricity supply like in far off provinces for their farms. How could they provide what is being demanded from the people with a scarce electricity supply? Well, every heard of solar panels? Yes, solar panels are very much a big help on giving out electrical supply on rural areas wherein there is less electricity. Expensive it may be but think about how much it could help in making tasks easier at an eco-friendly manner.

In an article about solar panels used in farms, they referred that solar panels for far

ms are very effective and produce ample amount of energy to power farm appliances like pumps and mills. The energy produced from the solar panels is clean and also keeps the pollution level at zero level. They are great help to the farm owners in the rural areas. We know that rural areas face tremendous energy problem and this problem can be only solved if proper renewable sources to produce energy are installed.

All I can say about this is that, since agriculture is a very very great deal in the world, politicians or anybody with great power for that matter should stop being selfish and give such equipments to rural areas for them to be able to get their job done.

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