Fit Corea Monthly Magazine - December 2022

TYMxBranson Tractor with Wecan Rotavator Demo in Talogtog, Nueva Ecija

Nueva Ecija Seed Grower Multi Purpose Cooperative(NESGMPC) and FIT Corea are one of the newer partners

alongside with other companies. Last November 17, FIT Corea’s trusted mechanic Mr. Archie Azucena went to Talogtog, Nueva Ecija to demonstrate the use of TYMxBranson 5825R with a WECAN Rotavator (WR1750 LSGW) Implement. It used to pulverize the soil in the field. The blade is made of spring steel, that is flexible and it will slowly return to its original form when bended during operation. With a multifunctional tractor farming machine installed with hydraulic

ports, by changing implements, it can be equip all kind of implements from manual type to hydraulic driven type to finish works done by the manpower of 40 people.

Also, you can prepare your land easier and more efficient because different implements can be attached in tractor

It only takes one person to operate 1-2 hectares of farm a day, compared to 20 years ago. It replaces animal power that one required in the operations.

Turbo-charged engine designed for more power with TIER 3 emission for eco-friendly farming. Easy to maneuverer in a small space because of its 52 degrees rotating wheel and 12F and 12R transmission shifting gears.

Wecan Rotavator WR1750 LSGW

Pulverized Soil by Rotavator

Mr. Archie demonstrates tractor engine parts

Mr. Archie demonstrates how to start a tractor

Daeho Leveler Demo in Mabini, Nueva Ecija

Mr. Archie, our mechanic, taught how to operate and maintain the tractor and Leveler implements. The owner, also tried out the tractor and found it simple to operate and maneuver. This will be a huge help to him, especially since finding labor is becoming increasingly difficult. Fit Corea’s mechanics are well-trained and can diagnose and repair any fuel filter problems. To satisfy our customers, we strive to provide the best service possible.

Pick up and delivery of Asia Precise Direct Seeder to Brixton Corp in Zambales.The Korea riding-type seeder is one method of crop establishment that will increase the level of rice mechanization as well as increase labor productivity. It has the potential as a method of crop establishment in rice production as well as seed production due to savings in labor and reduced seed requirement per hectare. The Korea riding-type direct seeder could also be used during wet and dry seasons. During the wet season, seeds were not displaced/ scattered by rain.

Brixton quickly established itself as one of the most dependable distributors of a wide range of goods thanks to the extensive knowledge of our staff. The company has maintained its success by providing the best innovation and service in the Water

Solution System. The company takes great pride in having an outstanding team that upholds fundamental principles and performance ethics while providing excellent after-sales service to address your problems. Our employees have a strong influence on these values, which have greatly contributed to the growth and success of our company. They have assisted us in developing the services required to add quality and value to the projects we complete for our valued clients.These are just a few of the factors that have helped Brixton become one of the Philippines’ most trusted manufacturers and suppliers of industrial tools, equipment, and water treatment systems.

Cultivators are one of the farmer’s best friends when it comes to farming. It can stir the soil, which promotes the growth and maturity of the farm, and at the same time destroys the weeds.

The cultivator demo was led by Mr. Archie Azucena in Zaragosa, Nueva Ecija in partnership with Korea Program for International Cooperation in Agricultural Technology (KOPIA).

Korea Program for International Cooperation in Agricultural Technology is an innovative development cooperation platform that facilitates agricultural partnerships between partners and donors, allowing agricultural technologies to be efficiently scaled up and commercialized.

Taekwang Cultivator, Bed Former, and Plow are the implements that were used in the demo. It was used outside the field with a loam soil that was demonstrated on the following images.

Last November 5, 2022, Mr. Brian Libunao the President of Farmer’s Choice Agri Machinery Corp. signed a new dealership contract for Region 11 (Davao).

Office Visit of Korean Delegates

on November 28, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Attaché in Korea, Aleli Maghirang, and KAMICO representative and Fit Corea CEO KIM Philip paid a visit to the KOICA Philippines Office to discuss agricultural development cooperation and agricultural machinery development.

Currently, KOICA has eight ongoing rural development and agriculture projects, three of which are being implemented by DA. One of the projects is “Enhancing the Local Capability to Design, Develop, and Manufacture Agricultural Machineries in the Philippines,” for which KAMICO is a project management consultant.

The parties agreed to continue working together and partnering for the success of agriculture projects in the Philippines.

Philippines TASK Program

Day two

Sundori Drones

Agriculture is a field that has recently grown in the private sector. However, farming is also done on a one-year plan, and the most difficult part for farmers is spraying pesticides. Pesticides are dangerous if they come into contact with the human body, so they must be sprayed by hand while wearing protective clothing. However, due to the difficulty of this process, the use of agricultural drones has recently been considered. This is due to the fact that 10 hectares can be controlled remotely in 10 minutes. Sundori Drone’s control drones and jet drones, in particular, are gaining traction in the field.

Sundori Drone is a Korean company that created the first-generation agricultural drones. It has succeeded in launching products that can be operated easily by anyone, regardless of gender or age, in special environments such as rural areas where young manpower is scarce. Currently, a selfdetermined pattern-based automatic prevention function is provided as standard.Sundori Drone’s strengths are its quick A/S and service quality. Currently, all farming drones are manufactured in the United States, allowing them to be used safely and quickly respond to problems as they arise.

“Agricultural drones are a farming revolution,” said Cho Sun-sik, CEO of Sundori Drone, who is always working to integrate drones into agricultural life. Furthermore, smart farm drones powered by artificial intelligence AI are a viable solution to the labor shortage in insecure rural areas.”

Sundori Drones Training

During the first day of training functions and operating of the drones, the Fit Corea Team, along with Korean delegates from Sundori, checked and tested all the drones. They modified some electronic components while systematizing the drones’ GPS systems to ensure their flight stability. They also went to an open area to calibrate the drone’s stability during flight. The drone with the camera works perfectly, but the drone with the seeder is unstable. The unit is now operational after the Engineer has completed some minor repairs.

On the second day, FIT Corea team went to Sta. Maria, Bulacan to try the reprogrammed agricultural drones. The weather that day was not as good as the team expected. There was scattered rainfall making it bad for the flying of the drone.

Thankfully, they were successfully flew the two out of three drones and the SDR A-20 was not successfully flown because of the imminent heavy rain. Because of that, the team made a decision to try the seeder of the SDR A-20 drone on land.

On the third and last day, the FIT Corea team and Sundori delegates were scheduled to do a question & answer part of the training. The FIT Corea team asked the Sundori delegates different kinds of things to widen up their knowledge on the drone. And to end things off, Sundori taught the FIT Corea team the indepth operational training of the Drone. Both controllers for the drone are used in the training. FIT Corea also took videos for the making of manual of operation of drone.

KIEMSTA

MSTA

KOREA INTERNAT IONAL EXHIBITION OF MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLO

GY FOR AGRICULTURE

KIEMSTA 2022

The largest bi-annual international exhibition for agricultural machinery, equipment, science, and technology is held in South Korea and is called the Korea International Exhibition of Machinery, Science, and Technology for Agriculture (KIEMSTA). The event was held at EXCO (Daegu Exhibition & Convention Center) in Daegu Metropolitan City, City. Both trade and general public attendees are welcome at the show, and the Korea Agricultural and Machinery Industry and Cooperative Federation (KAMICO) and the city of Daegu are co-hosting with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Over 100,000 visitors from 22 countries visited the expo at the most recent KIEMSTA, where 458 companies from 28 countries showcased their technological advancements.

We thank our Department of Agriculture Representatives:

Assistant Secretary for Operations (DA Central Office), Arnel V. de Mesa Director IV (DA-PhilMech), Dionisio G. Alvindia Regional Executive Director (DA-RFO IV-A), Milo Delos Reyes Regional Executive Director (DA-RFO III), Crispulo G. Bautista, Jr. Regional Executive Director (DA-RFO II), Narciso A. Edillo Regional Executive Director (DA-RFO CARAGA), Ricardo M. Oñate, Jr. Regional Executive Director (DA-RFO V), Rodel P. Tornilla Regional Executive Director (DA-RFO IX), Dennis R. Arpia Regional Executive Director (DA-RFO X), Carlene C. Collado Development Management Officer II (DA Central Office), Jan Kathleen M. Punzalan Supervising Administrative Officer (DA Central Office), Magdalena Editha A. Almirante

Assistant Secretary for Operations (DA Central Office), Arnel V. de Mesa with Fit Corea President Philip Kim and other representative of the Department of Agriculture and Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHILMECH) visited the ASIA TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD

As Part of the collaborative Projects between the Philippines and Korea, Assistant Secretary for Operations (DA Central Office), Arnel V. de Mesa with Fit Corea President Philip Kim and other representative of the Department of Agriculture and Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHILMECH) visited the SUNGBOO IND. LTD

As Part of the collaborative Projects between the Philippines and Korea, the Assistant Secretary for Operations (DA Central Office), Arnel V. de Mesa with Fit Corea President Philip Kim and other representative of the Department of griculture and Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHILMECH) visited the BULLS CO. LTD.

As Part of the collaborative Projects between the Philippines and Korea, the Assistant Secretary for Operations (DA Central Office), Arnel V. de Mesa with Fit Corea President Philip Kim and other representative of the Department of Agriculture and Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHILMECH) visited the LEEHWA INDUSTRY CO.

RICE FARMERS NATIONWIDE TO RECEIVE MORE FERTILIZER AID

Following the directives of President Ferdinand Mar cos Jr., the Department of Agriculture (DA) is gearing up for the efficient distri bution of additional fer tilizer assistance that will support rice farmers na tionwide.

Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban con vened the Regional Exec utive Directors and Rice Program coordinators of the DA-Regional Field Of fices (RFOs) on November 10, 2022 to discuss the program updates, guide lines, concerns, and ways forward.

This is in line with the re cent meeting of President Marcos with the top offi cials of DA, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and the Philippine Interna tional Trading Corporation (PITC) regarding the coun try’s fertilizer importation requirements to boost lo cal production.

The PITC was tapped to import the required vol ume of fertilizer at a lower cost through gov ernment-to-government arrangement. With a P4.1 billion fund, the DA will be able to buy about 2.277 million bags of urea to be given in-kind to farmers.

The DA targets to start the distribution of fertilizer as sistance for the Dry Sea son 2022–2023 by Decem ber 2022 after the ongoing distribution of fertilizer discount vouchers funded through FY 2021 and FY 2022 GAA is completed.

Undersecretary Pangani ban directed the RFOs to ensure accurate, efficient, and immediate delivery of the fertilizers that will be dropped off at strategic lo cations nationwide in coor dination with the PITC and concerned local govern ment units.

President Marcos, who also serves as the DA Secretary, is set to sign next week a memorandum of agree ment between PITC and DA as a basic requirement for the fertilizer importation plan. ### (Gumamela Ce les Bejarin, DA-AFID/photo courtesy of DA-Caraga)

Author: DA-AFID | 11 November 2022

AGRI DEP’T LAUNCHES GREEN REVOLUTION 2.0 FOR A FOOD-SECURED NATION

In line with the strong commitment of the national government towards achieving food security, the Department of Agriculture through the Bureau of Plant In dustry (DA-BPI), launched the Green Revolution 2.0: Plants for Bountiful Baran gays Movement (Luntiang Ani ng Mamamayan) on October 26 at Rizal Park in Luneta, Manila.

The Green Revolution 2.0 is an initiative of the De partment, which seeks to improve the nutrition of Filipinos by increasing pro duction and supply of fresh fruits and vegetables in the urban, peri-urban, and rural areas. It aims to turn communities into patches

of green edible landscapes through the establishment of vegetable gardens. Senior Undersecretary Domingo F. Panganiban graced the kick-off cere mony, which was also at tended by other DA and BPI officials, representa tives of the local govern ment units of Metro Ma nila and other government agencies.

Highlighting the event was the ceremonial planting of “ampatola” or grafted am palaya, scion, patola, and rootstock.

Panganiban stressed that the success of the initia tive relies on the involve ment, engagement, and collaborative efforts of all key stakeholders.

Green Revolu tion 2.0 aims to encourage every Filipino to plant vegetable in their homes to help to ease the burden of the country’s food system and sup ply chain.

To ensure sustain ability of the pro gram, the DA will

set up provincial produc tion centers that will serve as consolidation areas for producers and consumers.

The Department has also earmarked funds to sup port the purchase of inputs such as seeds and garden materials, to be provided to participating barangays.

Under a Memorandum of Understanding, the Na tional Parks Development Committee will serve as the caretaker of the Luneta vegetable garden, which is now open to the public.

The garden showcases various cropping technol ogies such as vertical and containerized gardens and protective cultivation sys tems including a nursery, fruit-vegetable grafting, hydroponics, and raising beds.

The launching of the Green Revolution 2.0 also marked the nationwide simultane ous planting of vegetables in different barangays, spearheaded by the DA’s Regional Field Offices and five National Centers and Regional Stations of the DA-BPI.

Author: DA-AFID | 26 October 2022

KOREA INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF MACHINERY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR AGRICULTURE (November 2-5, 2022)

The delegation from the Department of AgriculturePhilippines, headed by Assistant Secretary for Operations Engr. Arnel V. de Mesa, attended the Korea International Exhibition of Machinery, Science and Technology for Agriculture (KIEMSTA) 2022 last November 2-5, 2022 in Daegu, South Korea. This international exhibition showcased the latest agricultural machinery, science and technologies of about 440 companies from 25 countries around the world and aims to create a venue to assist in the consultation, match making and trade of the farming machinery industry.

As the current administration embarks towards the goal of achieving food sufficiency and improving the agricultural value chain, there is a need to strengthen agricultural collaborations, introduce innovations, and make it available to the local farmers and fisherfolks. vAmong the highlights of the event is the meeting with Chairman Kim ShinGil of the Korea Agriculture Machinery Industry Cooperative (KAMICO)

to discuss the renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Cooperative Partnership for Agricultural Machinery between DA and KAMICO, which will serve as the precursor for the proposed establishment of a common-shared agricultural machinery manufacturing assembly in the country.

To give a glimpse on the agricultural machinery manufacturing industry in South Korea, the delegation had a series of factory tours in major agricultural manufacturing companies namely Bulls Co., Ltd., Sungboo IND., Ltd., Asia Technology Co. Ltd., and Lee-Hwa Industry Co. as part of the visit. Ongoing collaborations to mechanize the Philippine agricultural industry were presented, including the prototype of the PhilMech-KAMICO corn mill project, fabrication of 500-kg and 1-tonner rice mills, machineries for the mechanization of garlic and onion production, and the lay out for the proposed 10-row rice seeder which will be tested for suitability and adaptability in local conditions this

December 2022.

The event is hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) and sponsored by KAMICO, Daegu City, Farmers Newspaper, and Fit Corea Trading Phils., Inc. (KAMICO PH).

YOUNG STUDENTS PLEDGE TO BE “RICEPONSIBLE”

DA Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban, PhilRice Los Baños Director Rhemilyn Relado-Sevilla, PhilRice Nueva Ecija Deputy Director Abner Montecalvo, PhilRice Chief Science Research Specialist

Marissa Romero, and National Parks Development Committee (NPDC) Operations Division

Chief Rosalina Tenepere also delivered inspirational messages for the children.

The 300-square meter Rice Gar den at the Rizal Park was estab lished in 2002 to showcase and promote various rice production technologies for traditional, hybrid, and high-yield inbred varieties.

Sixth grade students from the Raya School Fairview pledged to be “RICEponsible” or to consume rice responsibly during the 20th Ceremonial Rice Harvesting at Rizal Park on November 11, 2022.

The event, which was hosted by the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) and National Rice Program, is part of the 2022 National Rice Awareness Month (NRAM) celebration to raise rice awareness, promote better health, and support local farmers, among others.

The students and their teachers/guardians committed to follow NRAM’s “A-Ba-Ka-Da” campaign. A-Ba-Ka-Da stands for “Adlay, mais, saba, atbp. ay ihalo sa kanin,” “Brown rice ay kainin,” “Kanin ay huwag ay sayangin,” at “Dapat bigas ng Pilipinas ang bilhin.”

During the event, the students witnessed how to harvest rice, visited the PhilRice mobile museum, toured the urban garden of the DA-Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), and experienced planting vegetable seeds.

It also serves as a learning site for Metro Manila residents and visitors.

Learn more about the Be RICE ponsible campaign at www.face book.com/RICEponsableAKO.

Author: DA-AFID | 12 November 2022