It was a cold morning in January when
me together with my friends/groupmates decided to go in Silang, Cavite for a
farm visit in compliance to the requirement in this certain subject of ours.
Despite the weather that will make you choose to stay at home and just sleep
all day on your fluffy bed, there we were, conducting an interview about how
the farm manage to prevent/control the attack of pest. It's actually an
on-the-spot interview because we just went there without settling an
appointment, but the good thing was we were able to conduct one in which we've
learned a lot.
It's a bit surprising that they
don't treat pests as a problem at all. According to what i might say was the
caretaker/manager of the farm, pests were not that damaging. He told us their
practices with regards to pests which was still in organic aspect. Some of this
were intercropping, crop rotation, handpicking, total pruning, soil aeration,
tillage, use of organic compost instead of synthetic ones, and others. He also
said that common sense is a must and decisions are always important in
agriculture, which we all agreed in unison.
It's amazing how they were able to
maintain the abundance of the farm for about 27 years as of now. I just found
myself more motivated after this interview that we've done in there. It was
like we're all having this simple conversation, with sort of learning in the
process that were absolutely beneficial.
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