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PICKINGS. Pearly Mansog, one of the owners of the strawberry farm in Barangay Nueva Vista, Don Victoriano Chongbian town, Misamis Occidental, picks strawberries for food sampling. Pearly and her husband, Larry, started growing strawberries as an alternative livelihood during Covid-19 pandemic. (PNA photo by Nef Luczon) OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental - Larry and Pearly Mansog were married for 26 years and things were already steady with their farm delivering good produce in Barangay Nueva Vista, Don Victoriano Chongbian town of this province. Until the lockdowns due to coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic have forced many businesses to stop operations that also affected their livelihood. They used to plant and sell highland crops like bell peppers and cabbages, but the profit was not enough compared to what they usually earned before the pandemic. "So, we thought of planting strawberries. We started with 480 'mother plants' in March 2021," Larry said in vernac
PICKINGS. Pearly Mansog, one of the owners of the strawberry farm in Barangay Nueva Vista, Don Victoriano Chongbian town, Misamis Occidental, picks strawberries for food sampling. Pearly and her husband, Larry, started growing strawberries as an alternative livelihood during Covid-19 pandemic. (PNA photo by Nef Luczon) OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental - Larry and Pearly Mansog were married for 26 years and things were already steady with their farm delivering good produce in Barangay Nueva Vista, Don Victoriano Chongbian town of this province. Until the lockdowns due to coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic have forced many businesses to stop operations that also affected their livelihood. They used to plant and sell highland crops like bell peppers and cabbages, but the profit was not enough compared to what they usually earned before the pandemic. "So, we thought of planting strawberries. We started with 480 'mother plants' in March 2021," Larry said in vernac
POTENTIAL. Some farmers in Don Victoriano, Misamis Occidental explore the possibility of producing more strawberries for Northern Mindanao market. The Department of Agriculture Region 10 on Thursday (Jan. 13, 2022) said it has seen strawberry and adlai farming as emerging crops in Northern Mindanao. (Photo courtesy of Samson Strawberry Farm & Natural Fertilizer) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Department of Agriculture Region 10 (DA-10) has seen a potential in adlai and strawberry as emerging crops in Northern Mindanao that can be sold in mainstream markets in the future. During a media forum on Thursday, DA-10 Technical Director Carlota Madriaga said adlai, also referred by indigenous peoples as "agglay," is easy to produce even through organic production technology, and it grows in any places regardless of climate and soil conditions, "In the time of the pandemic (when it started in 2020), we have established the Adlai Development Program where we train farmers in planti