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40 (a) long-range effects of crop choices along with the changing fertilities of fields, (b) cropping patterns and systems in the village and beyond, (c) possibilities of infestation (by insects) or infection (by disease microorganisms), (d) access to capital, and (e) target buyers. Everything must be considered. Over the years, a farmer’s practice may have in fact diminished the fertility of his field. Farmers may have denied their soils their natural source of nutrients by not incorporating the crop refuse and weeds into the soil by one means or another. The villagers may have planted the same crops for generations that the bugs and the bacteria have learned to feast on them. Some farmers may have borrowed capital they could not afford to repay. Some crop growers may have ignored or failed to explore the markets and have gone on to over-saturate one or two, resulting in soft returns for their hard labors. Farming is sweet sorrow, and it is up to the experts to help the farmer make his cultivation of the soil not a punishment but a reward, not simply a minor advantage but a great benefit. It has long been known that some pests and disease-causing organisms have become tolerant to insecticides, fungicides and such other pesticides. In other words, from generation to generation, which could be just a few weeks or months, the enemies of crops have learned to defend themselves even as they attack. While the bugs and bacteria innovate on how to attack the farmer’s crop, the farmer’s advocates – us – must innovate on how to counter-attack. So, research for development must go on. R4D. Learning From Microsoft R4D
41 8. BIOFUEL ISLANDS. ‘WE ARE PRODUCING THE FUEL OF THE FUTURE’ The Philippines, with 7,000+ islands, is perfect for growing biofuel crops such as sweet sorghum, sugarcane and cassava, the planting sites including the drylands, wetlands, infertile soils. We Filipinos just have to invest on her. To begin with, Chris de Lavigne, Global Vice President of US-based Frost & Sullivan, says the Philippines is now ‘one of the most attractive investment sites for biofuels projects’ (asianjournal.com). He cites ‘strong government support’ as well as the Biofuels Act as reasons for his conclusion. Philippine policies on biofuels are ‘better than in other countries.’ He adds the ‘strong foresight and management’ of the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC)-Alternative Fuels Corp (AFC) and its advocacy of biofuels in the Philippines as a plus factor. On his part, AFC Chairman Renato Velasco says, ‘We are producing the fuel of the future.’ Fuel for cars, mostly. Although, if they do it right, it could very well be fuel for the economy of these islands, and they would indeed be the Pearls of the Orient Seas. Right now, the fuel of today, gasoline, is guzzling the country’s liquidity like a hungry giant C monster – C for capacious. We are captives of the petroleum cartel; it is true that fossil fuels do a prison make. Another news source reports that AFC has signed a US$1.3b deal with UK-based NRG Chemical Engineering to build biofuel refineries with associated plantations in the Philippines (planetark.org). AFC President Peter Abaya says they are planning to plant more than 1M hectares of jatropha alone, for biodiesel.
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