Farmer stories proved PhilRice's "P1M profit per hectare per year" campaign a success

Read Mang Carte's story in PhilRice Magazine
 Ripples of Change, p.17

As PhilRice Bicol sets sail to achieve the target profit of one million pesos (P1M) per hectare per year, the success is indefinite until the first implementation of the Integrated Rice-based Agri-Bio System (IRBAS) project-based business has been completed and the target profit has been achieved. While success cannot be determined at this early stage of implementation, stories of farmers marked a positive outlook towards a positive result.

In the April-June 2014 issue of the PhilRice Magazine titled Ripples of Change, success stories of farmers who benefited from PhilRice's campaign were featured, elaborating their life-changing farming experiences and how they reach the one million-peso target profit.

One of the featured stories in the magazine was of Ricarte "Manong Carte" Corpuz' of Ilocos Norte. Manong Carte earns P719,700 from planting hybrid rice for three (3) croppings in one hectare for one year. He also plants corn and mungbean which accounts for an income of P50,000 and P187,000 from planting watermelon. He also raises cattle which gives him an income of P47,000 and P92,000 for raising pigs.

Read Mang Carte's full story and how he was able to earn more than a million in one year and other stories in Ripples of Change. An online version of the magazine is embedded below.

Read other issues of PhilRice magazine here.

Written by Lala Peñafiel

Reference:
Parac, E. (2014). The 'I's in a Million Earning. PhilRice Magazine Ripples of Change. Philippine Rice Research Institute, Volume 27, No.II. Pages 16-17.