PH Abaca For An Academe-Industry-Government Triumvirate Of Entrepreneurship, SEARCA Strategy

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Images: I say, “A Gathering Of Saints!” from Megapixl[1], power wheel of entrepreneurship from Maatram[2].

In this story, we urge Secretary of Agriculture William Dar to shape up PH agriculture with an academe-industry-government, AIG, entrepreneurship: Academe for Ingenuity, Industry for Management, and Government for Sponsorship.

I’m thinking right now of a single raw material that an AIG triumvirate can collaborate on and turn into national, even international entrepreneurial success stories, plural. From a rare raw material.

I just had this idea reading the SEARCA paper authored by Glenn B Gregorio and Rico C Ancog titled, “Assessing The Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Agricultural Production In Southeast Asia: Toward Transformative Change In Agricultural Food Systems” in the Asian Journal for Agriculture & Development (Vol 14, No 1, 2020, 17 pages). To advance agriculture, they are calling for a tripartite force: Academe, Industry and Government, AIG, working tightly together right from the beginning.

Above, those saints in flowing robes are actually hanging abaca fibers dyed in different colors. I’m thinking of local, provincial, and regional cooperative endeavors by strategically located academe, industry and government sectors to bring about a renaissance in Philippine agriculture, multiplied with a native: the Abaca, the strongest natural fiber in the world.

The way I see it, the AIG abaca entrepreneurships will be carried out with the academe contributing new or improved technologies or systems, the industry contributing its managerial expertise, and the government contributing supporting policies and funds.

The abaca is uniquely Filipino. We have profited little from it. How many of us earn much from abaca by producing any of these?

(1) apron 
(2) automobile body part
(3) basket
(4) cap
(5) carpet
(6) cigarette filter paper
(7) clothing
(8) coffee bag
(9) coffee filter
(10) currency notes (paper money)
(11) curtain
(12) decorative paper
(13) diaper
(14) disposal paper
(15) door mat
(16) electrical conduction cable
(17) filling material for bolster & interior trim part
(18) fishing line
(19) fishnet
(20) floor mat
(21)  food preparation
(22)  furnishing
(23)  furniture
(24)  glove
(25)  grass skirt
(26)  hammock
(27)  handbag
(28)  hot pad
(29)  lamp shade
(30)  machinery filter
(31)  Manila envelope
(32)  marine cordage
(33)  mask
(34)  meat casing
(35)  medical paper
(36)  mobile phone
(37)  napkin
(38)  net
(39)  organic fertilizer
(40)  paper
(41)  placemat
(42)  purse
(43)  rope
(44)  rope
(45)  rug
(46)  sack
(47)  sausage casing paper
(48)  screen
(49)  substitute for glass fiber
(50)  table cloth
(51)  tea bag
(52)  twine
(53)  vacuum bag
(54)  wallet
(55)  wallpaper
(56)  wig
(57)  writing paper.

One source says there are actually 200 more uses of abaca! I just wanted to point out, using my favorite number 57, that there are literally a great many opportunities for Filipino families or households to take economic advantage of the abaca.

Now then, through the Department of Agriculture, DA, I recommend that DA people pursue entrepreneurship from Aparri to Jolo with academes, industries and local governments in place with the abaca.

Thus, with the abaca, strength is in numbers!@517


[1]https://www.megapixl.com/colorful-abaca-strings-for-weaving-philippines-stock-photo-58197480

[2]https://www.maatramtrust.org/entrepreneurship


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