Fit Corea Monthly Magazine - October 2022

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TAEKWANG’S NEXTCLASS SPIRIT

Focus on producing more convenient and safe agricultural machinery.

Taekwang TKC-1100 has the world’s largest multi-step forward/reverse rotary with 4-forward rotation and 2-reverse rotation that gives a variety of operations without the need of manually rotating the chain case. It also has a freewheel width adjustment from 30cm to 86cm depending on the type and condition of the work. Equipped with the latest powerful electronic engine that gives little vibration and noise for maximum comfortability, and reliable domestic gyeyang, daeheung engine is installed for ease of performance without any problems with its strong power.

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WECAN GLOBAL is South Korea’s first industrial agricultural machinery company is dedicated to helping farmers, who toil hard and sweat profusely, to sustain and grow crop with delight from

planting to harvest. WECAN GLOBAL

WDP-40 Rotating Disc Plow is a truck implement used for ploughing and turning over rice straws and soil. It has full body casting mold gear box

and powerful side gear system, for rigidity of the product. Rotation disc allows an excellent performance on fields with lots of straws & weeds.

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back hoe

Fit Corea dispatched another batch of GMT Back hoes to the main office for a corporate event as ordered and restocked the machines.

A backhoe is a versatile tool that can be used for a variety of digging and excavation projects. You can dig with the backhoe end of the equipment. The front loader end is used to transport dirt and other materials. A backhoe is a fantastic piece of equipment to have on hand for almost any project. That is why it is so common on construction sites, and why it is so useful on the farm.

Backhoe is used in digging in the field which is very common for land consolidation. Now, it can be attached to the tractor which is very convenient and affordable. It can great for digging

small water damp or fish pond in the farm. Backhoes attachments can serve for hauling materials, digging for small ponds, moving rocks, stones, or dirt, and plenty more tasks.

Back hoe provide superior digging, trenching, back-filling, and material handling capability and can be used for a variety of applications such as Excavations, Landscaping, Asphalt Breaking, and Paving. GMT backhoes provide the power and precision you require when working in areas where larger equipment is not practical.

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delievery to agri component, isabela

Agri Component Corp. received a Backhoe for their inventory as one of FIT COREA’s dealer. The Backhoe is one of the most popular tractor implement in the Philippinesand definitely useful for farming.

The adaptability and maneuver ability of backhoes are well known. They can traverse difficult terrain and are useful on numerous job sites. For jobs like excavating, loading, trenching, and

backfilling, they are well suited. Also, they aren’t simply for building jobs. They can be employed in pavement, agricultural, landscaping, and other tasks.

GMT Backhoe consists of power hydraulic system with a diesel engine installed or using a tractor. The digging bucket is present at the end of a twopart articulated arm. the Hanil Loaderinclude its External Hydraulic Coupler, Dual Mounting/ Dismounting Device, Hydraulic Pipe, Special Hydraulic Cylinder, Leveler, and Separation Stand in addition to its adaptability and functionality.

5 IN 1 RICE MILLING and polishing MACHINE

LEEHWA 5in1 Rice Milling and Polishing Machine is one of FIT Corea’s best selling product in the market. It also has one of bigger engagement in FIT Corea Facebook page, with public reach of almost 40,000. One of the buyer of the 5in1 Rice Milling and Polishing Machine is Mr. Manny Guso, a seaman that just came back to the Philippines. He

lives in Dipolog City, Province of Zamboanga del Norte. He was very happy that he purchased the 5in1 Rice Milling and Polishing Machine, and will be shipped to them in the next few weeks. We thank Mr. Manny Guso for trusting us, and acquiring the 5in1 Rice Milling and Polishing Machine from LEEHWA Company.

But what is LEEHWA 5in1 Rice Milling and Polishing Machine? It is an electric 5in1 Rice Milling Machine, the original and the pioneer impeller type that has more functions than you think. It has:

1. Impurity Sorter - for separating rice paddy impurities like rice straws, leaves, and bigger stones.

2. Rice Husk Separator - for separating rice husk; has its own separate outlet with rice bran.

3. Rice Bran Separator - also a separator in which it can give the user a finer bran which can be fed to other animals like pigs, chicken, ducks, etc.

4. Adjustable Polisher - for fine adjusting, there is a separate knob where it can turn to a semimilled, or well-milled rice.

5. Stone Separator - for separating stones from the rice.

LEEHWA 5in1 Rice Milling and Polishing Machine’s advantage is it has 3.7kw/hr electricity consumption, putting it in perspective it is only 50 pesos/ hr. Portability, User-friendly, and easier maintenance.

LEEHWA 5in1 Rice Milling and Polishing Machine is userfriendly that it can be used inside the garage, no need to

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have a bigger space, and it is so quiet that it can operate inside a subdivision.

For videos please visit our youtube channel: https://www. youtube.com/c/FitCorea

Rice Mill Video: https:// www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Vu24GSfkjjA

Director of KOPIA Philippines

Korea Program for International Cooperation in Agricultural Technology is an innovative development cooperation platform that facilitates agricultural partnerships

among partners and donors, where agricultural technologies can be efficiently scaled up and effectively commercialized. KOPIA consists of three pillars: to develop locally-

customized farming technologies; to carry out pilot projects to demonstrate practical effectiveness; and to involve other donors for scaling up.

The KOPIA program provides specialized agri-technology jointly created by experts from partner nations and RDA (the national agricultural research institute) in order to help local farmers in partner countries overcome their poor productivity and income levels. The program’s shortterm goals are to create tailored technologies and determine the best ways to use them by evaluating their real-world applications through pilot projects conducted on nearby farms. Then, in order to fulfill the long-term objectives of raising

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the productivity and income level of neighborhood farmers and their families, RDA seeks more funders to help scale up the results from the pilot programs.

The KOPIA initiative is innovative because its immediate objective is the creation of specialized technologies. The program’s agri-technology is designed to meet partners’ unique demands as closely as feasible and has a track record of increasing output (Alignment and Effectiveness). Additionally,

because this program involves RDA retirees with substantial field experience, it is less expensive to implement sustainably (Efficiency). As the program recently adopted Result Based Management more rigorously, it is anticipated that it will continue to grow in effectiveness and sustainability. As a result, knowledge and experiences accumulated from KOPIA programs will be maintained and shared with others more systematically in the future.

KOPIA started its journey in 2009, the year when Korea joined the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC). KOPIA, a bilateral ODA program in the field of agricultural technology, now marks its 11th anniversary in 2020.

RDA launched this Program to support the developing world with Korea’s advanced agricultural technology. KOPIA develops and disseminates agricultural technologies and strengthens the capacities of farmers and researchers. This long journey started with the belief that science, technology and talent are the key to a better tomorrow for agriculture.

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COREA and BRIXTON CONSTRUCTION AND INDUSTIRAL SUPPLY CORPORATION

BRIXTON CONSTRUCTION AND INDUSTRIAL

SUPPLY CORPORATION were founded in 22nd of June 2010. The company was established to be the wholesale arm and sister company of the much respected and reputable Anonas Construction Industrial Corporation that has been in the construction realm for 25 years.

In addition to its extensive network of distributors throughout the Philippines, which includes 600+ dealerships in Luzon and Visayas and provides wellknown allied products from Honda Power Products, Bosch Power Tools, Robin Power Products, Milwaukee, Saturn Welding Machines, and Blue Eagle Industrial Safety Equipment, Brixton

has also established its expertise in the production of light construction equipment like concrete mixers, concrete cutters, portalift hoists, and other construction equipment.

With the deep knowledge of our staff, Brixton swiftly established itself as one of the most dependable distributors with a broad

range of goods. By offering the best innovation and top-notch service in the Water Solution System, the business has maintained its success. The business takes great pleasure in having an outstanding team that upholds fundamental principles and performance ethics while providing superb after-sales service that will

address your problems. These values, which have greatly contributed to the development and success of our business, are strongly influenced by our employees. They have assisted us in creating the necessary services to add quality and value to the projects we complete for our cherished customers. These are just a few of the

factors that make Brixton one of the most favored manufacturers and providers of industrial tools, equipment, and water solution systems in the Philippines.

“ WE VALUE YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH US”

FILHOLLAND CORPORATION

WITH 15 YEARS IN THE DISTRIBUTION INDUSTRY.

Filholland Corporation is now one of the leading distributors in the agricultural industry, and a rising player in the construction business.

Filholland Corporation is the authorized distributor of New Holland Agriculture, CASE-IH Agriculture, and CASE Construction Equipment in the Philippines. Today,

Filholland Corporation is one of the major key players in the industry, with nationwide operations and 4 branches in Taguig, Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro, and our newly-opened Davao branch.

Filholland Corporation is committed to empowering our customers by providing complete, advanced and economical solutions towards a

profitable agriculture and construction business. We sell fourwheel drive tractors, sugarcane harvesters, multi-crop harvesters, farm implements and construction equipment. Our company is committed to offering excellent aftersales support to customers by providing services of well-equipped technicians and genuine parts.

PARTNERSHIP INTO ENERGY”

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AGRICOMPONENT CORPORATION

Mr. Eugene Gabriel, the SVP of Agri Component Corp. (photos below) is very keen to rice mill machine. He already tried many ways and mean on how to operate the rice mill using solar power and engine type. He likes Leehwa combination type Rice Mill which has brown rice and polish rice output. He want to improved more, and with the launching of new machine from Leehwa, he is eager to see it.

CUSTOM BROKER : EDU AND ZORWEN

Fit Corea and Custom Broker discuss the preparation of Korea Pavilion for Agrilink 2022. This will feature a South Korean pavilion showcasing the latest innovations inagriculture — from food, postharvest, manufacturing, processing, engineering, machinery and equipment, cooling, heating and energy solutions, and marketing to water supply.

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TECHNICAL FORUM ON PHILMECH MACHINERY PROTOCOL FOR CORP ESTABLISHMENT

FIT Corea was invited by the Philmech to participate in the technical forum for crop establishment especially for the Asia Direct Seeder machine. Since PhilMech is adopting the use of the direct seeder and they are including this machine in their procurement, they want to learn more about the protocols of using direct seeder machine.

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AGRI NEWS PH

he Department of Agriculture (DA) National Rice Program reported that this year’s local palay production is expected to reach 19.50 million metric tons (MMT) or 12.754MMT despite global challenges that include the increase in prices of fuel and fertilizer, among other inputs.

The DA’s 2022 rice supply and demand outlook as of September 15 showed that the total annual supply is at 17.364MMT, while the total annual usage is at 15.137MMT.

There will be an ending stock of 2.228 MMT equivalent to 60 days.

The expected import arrival is at 2.751MMT for the first three quarters of the year.

While all of the remaining issued import clearances by the Bureau of Plant Industry will only be valid until the third quarter and imports are yet to be estimated on the last quarter of this year, based on historical trend, import arrivals start to decline by fourth quarter in time for the peak harvest from October to November.

The DA is confident that there will be enough rice supply for the holiday season.

In terms of the retail price of commercial rice in Metro Manila markets, the DA Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service reported no significant movements from June 2022 to September 23, 2022.

The prevailing retail prices for imported well-milled and regular milled rice remain at P39 and P38 per kilogram, respectively. For local well-milled and regular milled rice, on the other hand, the prevailing prices are at P40 and P38 per kilogram, respectively.

The prevailing retail prices for imported well-milled and regular milled rice remain at P39 and P38 per kilogram, respectively.

PHL RICE PRODUCTION REMAINS HIGH DESPITE BIG CHALLENGES

For local well-milled and regular milled rice, on the other hand, the prevailing prices are at P40 and P38 per kilogram, respectively.

For 2023, the DA targets a volume of production of 20.24MMT of palay through higher Rice Program budget in complementation with the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund implementation.

The DA also continues to implement various projects and support services to boost the local rice production for a rice-secure Philippines. The agency distributes high quality seeds, fertilizer discount vouchers, biofertilizers, and farm machinery and equipment. It also supports the establishment of facilities and construction of irrigation

projects, among other infrastructure.

As of August 31, 2022, a total of 527,071 bags of hybrid seeds and 479,483 bags of certified seeds were distributed to eligible farmer-beneficiaries to cover 1.006 million hectares. For the fertilizer discount, 634,298 vouchers were already generated amounting to P1.13 billion covering 674,558 hectares. Out of these generated vouchers, 174,996 vouchers amounting to P322.76 million have been claimed to cover 198,953 hectares. In addition, 83,832 packs of BioN were distributed nationwide, covering 14,766.40 hectares of rice fields.

The DA Rice Program also distributed 442 production and post-harvest machinery and equipment including

tractors, harvesters, rice mills, hauling trucks, and dryers, and established 24 drying facilities. Moreover, 282 projects consisting of diversion dams, shallow tube wells, and 6,787 linear meters of irrigation canals were constructed to serve an area of 1,449 hectares. Rehabilitation of Small-Scale Irrigation Projects were also done which restored up to 393 hectares of irrigated rice areas. This includes the rehabilitation of 5,045 linear meters of irrigation canals and four diversion dams.

The DA also facilitates trainings with individual rice farmers to equip them with knowledge on leadership and management, soft skills, project management, digital tools for agriculture, and agrientrepreneurship.

(Gumamela Celes Bejarin, DA-AFID, photo by Dexter Bacani)

DA-AFID | 28 September

HIGHER YIELD SEEN AS LUBANG GARLIC STOCK RESERVED FOR EXPANSION PROGRAM

he Department of Agriculture, through the Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service, continues to coordinate with the Municipal Agricultural Office (MAO) of Lubang Island in Occidental Mindoro for the marketing of various agricultural commodities, including the locally produced garlic.However, recent communication with the MAO revealed that the unsold garlic from the island will be used for the upcoming planting season.

The stocks will be distributed for the expansion of garlic production in the province.

To date, 27 hectares of farmland in Lubang are allotted for garlic production, with 150 metric tons yield from 94 garlic growers. The MAO also reported a slight dip in production of garlic as growers “prefer to plant onion, which sells at P100/kilo in the market”.

Last week, DA-AMAS assisted in the delivery and market matching of 600 kilograms of garlic produced by the Itbayat Garlic Producers Association of Batanes.

As the marketing arm of the Department, DA-AMAS offers market information, market linkage and product promotion, agribusiness promotion, and agribusiness development services.

(Adora D. Rodriguez, DA-AFID)

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DA GIVES P100M AID FOR ONION GROWERS, LINKS THEM TO SURE MARKETS

* Author: DA-AFID | 13 September 2022 *

he Department of Agriculture (DA) allotted more than P100million worth of interventions to support the country’s onion industry by improving productivity towards selfsufficiency and ensuring that onion farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs) have ready markets for their produce.

Based on the Philippine Onion Industry Roadmap 2021–2025 recently published by the DA, the country needs to increase production from 229,539 metric tons to 279,270 metric tons in five years by increasing area planted and productivity to achieve self-sufficiency.

For 2022, the DA High Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP) allocated P47.48 million for production support services such as the provision of seeds/seedlings and fertilizers for areas planted with onion.

Onion production and postharvest facilities, irrigation network services, and farm production machinery and equipment were also established and distributed through the HVCDP with a fund of P35.673 million. Moreover, the program funded package of technology trainings worth P1.4 million and onion production research activities amounting to P10.048 million.

In 2021, the DA-Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (AMAS), through the Enhanced Kadiwa Financial Grant, also awarded delivery trucks and hauling vans amounting to P6.1 million to FCAs involved in onion production and marketing.

The grant benefitted the FCAs and at least six thousand farmer-members with access to 60 new markets for their produce. The DA-AMAS also reported that as of August 28, 2022, it already matched

different FCAs with big buyers for the delivery of about 82,442 kilograms of onions (red, yellow/white) and shallots worth P3.228 million since February this year.

To address the challenges and concerns in the local onion industry, the DA management holds regular consultations and dialogues with the stakeholders including farmerleaders, traders, and buyers, among others.

The DA has also been promoting demand-driven production.

The country’s major onion producing regions are Central Luzon, Ilocos, Mimaropa, and Cagayan Valley, but DA considers partnering with farmers in the Visayas and Mindanao regions to expand local onion production and assist them with market linkage activities.

The onion planting schedule starts in September at the earliest up to March, while harvesting starts by December until June. Thus, higher onion prices can be observed by July to November.

Based on the Onion Roadmap, which is a product of multistakeholder consultations, the proposed key interventions along the value chain are production clustering, seed support system, infrastructure support, input subsidies, postharvest support facilities, and systemic interventions like consolidation centers, auction markets, and regulatory services.

The roadmap also envisions a modern, competitive, and profitable onion industry providing high quality, safe, affordable, and sustainable supply of onion to meet increasing domestic and export demand.

(Gumamela Celes Bejarin, DA-AFID)

ased on current data from both the Philippine Statistics Authority and the Department of AgricultureBureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR), sufficiency level for sardine or tamban is pegged at 222.58% for the first quarter of 2022, and 409.06% for the 2nd quarter.

For this year, DA-BFAR forecasts an annual production of 293,431 metric tons (MT), covering the national demand of 101,367 MT. The volume, which is entirely sourced locally, comes from commercial and municipal fishers, at 208,387 MT and 85,043 MT share respectively.

Furthermore, data from the National Stock Assessment Program of the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) show that sardine stock

has significantly improved resulting in more sardines reaching maturity and appropriate catchable size.

The stable supply is attributed to the effective implementation of the National Sardine Management Plan, a five-year plan which harmonizes all the policies and programs on sardines including conservation measures such as the closed fishing seasons. Since its implementation in 2020, a notable improvement in production and supply was recorded.

With regard to the call by the Canned Sardines Association of the Philippines (CSAP) to open up the municipal waters to commercial fishing vessels in order to address the alleged looming shortage of sardines which is contrary to the existing sardine supply sufficiency data, the DA-

BFAR reiterates that under Republic Act 10654 or the amended Philippine Fisheries Code, small and medium commercial fishing vessels may be allowed to operate within the 10.1 to 15 kilometers from the shoreline in the municipal waters provided that the local government unit enacts a municipal ordinance allowing their operation.

As the primary government agency mandated to manage the country’s fisheries and aquatic resources, DA-BFAR remains strongly committed to increasing production and ensuring fish sufficiency through sustainable means and without compromising the ecological integrity of our aquatic and marine environment.

(Adora D. Rodriguez, DA-AFID/Photo courtesy of NFRDI)