Carabao-Based Enterprise Development 20-Mar-2023 From arid soil to a land of free-flowing milk The years 1982 and 1983 were haunting for the agricultural municipality of President Roxas, Cotabato, as a prolonged dry spell left villagers starving and crippled with the loss of harvest and livelihood. Desperate parishioners of the Sta. Catalina church sought help from the priest (and later co-op founder) Fr.Fred Epiz. Through the priest and other church leaders, the “Tindahang Kooperatiba sa Parokya” sari-sari store was erected behind the church where the parishioners sold basic commodities. Through the years the little store born out of drought, flourished to a well of opportunities for the community through buffalo dairying.
Carabao-Based Enterprise Development 14-Mar-2023 What makes a cooperative stronger With sheer determination to rise up from slumber for too long of a time, aiming for a fresh start is possible.
Carabao-Based Enterprise Development 14-Mar-2023 Typical farmers no more It was a quiet, laid-back afternoon and the barrio people were just about to wind down after a day’s work. When they saw visitors approaching, they blithely gathered around. A vibrant conversation ensued and those huddled in a circle gazed at one direction—it was toward an outmoded hut that has gotten along in years, drearily sitting on the dirt road leading to the neighborhood.
Carabao-Based Enterprise Development 14-Mar-2023 Passion leads to success When you enjoy what you do and when you have a clear purpose of why you do it, your vision will be fixed on winning and never on quitting.
Carabao-Based Enterprise Development 14-Mar-2023 Finding fortune and ‘beast’ friends in dairying Being up in the clouds and seeing the whole world from a completely different viewpoint, Rodrigo Diao said that aviation was the thrill of his life. After a number of years in commercial airlines, he went back to his hometown in Naawan, Misamis Oriental where he settled with his family. He diverted his energy to their farm and caring for their livestock including their dairy carabaos. Unknowingly, Diao grew fondness for the animals’ while he made fortune from selling their milk.
Carabao-Based Enterprise Development 14-Mar-2023 OFW turned carapreneur-mentor As an accredited Farmer Livestock School on Dairy Buffalo Production (FLS-DBP), Alejandro Leoncio finds fulfillment in sharing knowledge to other dairy farmers. Many of them he communicates with thru social media.
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